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Description: | A medieval (1100-1500) copper alloy finger-ring, incomplete in so far as it is missing its setting. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section (3.0x1.7mm),a little damaged to one section (old damage) and is mostly undecorated. The shoulders expand into the bezel (which is 8.4mm wide and 13.5mm long) and are decorated withtiny circular punches forming S shapes, two to each shoulder, with a furtherline of punches vertically between, running into the top of the hoop at either end.The bezel has a rectangulararea within it 4.8mm wide, 6.5mm long and 1.8mm deep. At the centre of each edge is a tinyprojecting oval-shaped hooked or claw, presumably to hold the missing setting in place. Two of these appear damaged.The finger-ring measures 21.3mm in height, 18.8mm in width (the internal dimensions of the hoopbeing 14.3x14.9mm) and weighs 3.62g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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