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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy finger ring of Roman date.The hoop is missing, only the bezel and parts of the shoulders remaining. The bezel has slightly bowed top and bottom sides and is of thin section. At its centre is a raised lozenge, the upper surface of which has been stamped with a stylised, four-petalled flower head. The flat area of the bezel bears an incised lozenge whose sides run parallel to those of the central protrusion. At the top, the shoulders are wider than the adjacent bezel; below this, their straight sides angle sharply inwards. The surface is decorated by a longitudinal groove, located centrally.Dimensions: 19.5mm wide; width of bezel: 11.6mm; thickness at bezel: 2.6mm. Weight: 2.38g.'Keeled' rings of this type are discussed by Johns (1996: 48-49). They are thought to date from the 3rd century AD
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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