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Description: | Description: Finger-ring in the form of a single band, a flat strip of gold which varies in width from 2.1mm at the back of the hoop to 4.1mm at the front. The hoop is rectangular in cross-section and 0.5-0.6mm in thickness; the exterior is not smoothly curved, but is faceted, with slight but deliberate roughly square facets on the sides of the ring. The front of the hoop is less regularly faceted. The width of the hoop narrows towards the underside.The front and one side of the hoop bear punched dot decoration on the exterior in geometric patterns - single dots or transverse lines of two or three dots. The other side of the hoop has a series of scratches, which may possibly represent four lightly engraved freehand letters, perhaps T L I H. The ring is neatly circular in shape and the inside of the hoop is undecorated. Dimensions: maximum diameter 20.4 mm, maximum width of hoop 4.1 mm, maximum thickness of strip 0.6mm. Weight: 1.88g.Date: This find was assessed by curators of the Roman, Early-Medieval, Medieval and Post-Medieval periods, all of whom agreed it was undiagnostic. Its date is therefore unknown.
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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