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Description: | A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy finger ring with glass inset.The piece comprises the bezel and the two incomplete shoulders. The bezel takes the form of a raised oval setting, contained within which is a translucent, almost colourless glass inset. The surface of this inset, which is higher than the surrounding setting, has an outer rim and is decorated with a triangular arrangement of three recessed pellets. The shoulders taper towards the now-missing hoop, their only decoration being a pair of grooves, located close to the top and bottom sides respectively and enclosing the raised bezel.Dimensions: 13.96mm long, 10.52mm wide, 3.8mm high at bezel. Weight: 1.5g.This an example of a Henig type VIII ring (2006: fig. 2), the angular form of which is typical of rings of the 3rd century AD (see Johns 1996: 48-49).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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