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Description: | Late Saxon finger ring with a hoop comprised of three lengths of plaited round-sectioned copper alloy wire, two of which are wound around each other to form shoulders flanking a spiral bezel. No close parallel has been noted. The appearance of the shoulders and bezel resembles that seen some on single-strand Early Saxon rings, e.g. MacGregor and Bolick 1993, cat. nos. 27.18 and 19, and NARC-3AE845. This piece, however, is likely to be considerably later in date, perhaps 10th or 11th century. Triple-stranded examples with non-plaited hoops have been dated "possibly of Viking origin" (KENT713) and 6th - 7th century (DENO-A15253). External diameter 21.5 - 21.9mm. Internal diameter 17.5 - 18mm. Weight 1.03g.
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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