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Description: | A cast copper alloy ring of uncertain date, but possibly late Iron Age or Roman. It has a pointed oval cross section with a slightly convex inner side and more convex outer side. On the outer side there are narrow flatter borders to each side and a slight central ridge. The central hole is slightly off-centre so one side is thicker than the other. The ring has an external diameter of 22.0mm, and an internal diameter of 16.0mm, at the widest and thickest point it is 5.8mm by 3.5mm and opposite this it is 3.9mm by 2.6mm. It weighs 3.90 grams.Rings such as this one, with a convex inner side, may have had various uses such as harness fittings or as loops affixed to other type of straps for suspension of items such as swords.Jackson illustrates a similar example from Camerton (1990:48, plate 14) no.146 with a less pronounced central ridge on the outer side which is dated to the mid-1st century AD.
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