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Description: | Copper alloy possible mount fragment. Strip of sheet metal with one rounded end and one end possibly broken at a rounded aperture of diameter 2.6mm, now coiled to penannular form. Stamped decoration comprises, described from the rounded end: paired vertical grooves, a ring-and-dot of diameter 3.7mm, a pair of vertical grooves, another ring-and-dot, six or more vertical grooves, a horizontal groove flanked by diagonal grooves on either side forming a chevron pattern, and two or more vertical grooves before the aperture at the end of the object as it now remains. The width of the object diminishes from its rounded end to its perforated end. The finder suggests an identification as a finger ring, however this use would leave no purpose for the aperture; the object is also rather lightweight. Ring-and-dot decoration has a broad early medieval currency, though also recurs in post-medieval contexts. Suggested date: possibly Early Medieval, 700-900.Length (as found coiled): 17.6mm, Band width: 7.1mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 2.03gms.
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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