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Description: | Treasure reference no. 2016 T246: a Roman silver finger ring inscribed TOT. The ring is of Henig type VIII and has a flat, oval bezel, and triangular shoulders. The hoop is missing. The bezel bears the letters TOT - an abbreviation of the god-name Totatis or Toutatis. The letter T's have serrifed terminals, and the central letter O is the same length as the flanking letter T's. Both shoulders are decorated simply with an incised V, pointing towards the hoop. The ring appears to be made of silver, but displays patches of green, copper corrosion. Both shoulders are broken at the point where they met the hoop. The hoop is entirely missing. The breaks are worn and patinated in the same way was the rest of the object.Length: 26.87mm,Width: 8.93mm, Thickness: 4mm, Weight: 3.99g.'ToT' rings are well known in the East Midlands, especially in Lincolnshire, and a number have been declared treasure such as LIN-A50AD8, LIN-DF32B4, LIN-B2E964, LIN-BOB9D4, SWYOR-9C5DA6 and SWYOR-44888C amongst others on the PASdatabase.Cf. Daubney, A. (2010) 'The cult of Totatis: evidence for tribal identity in Roman Britain' in Worrell, S., Egan, G., Naylor, J., Leahy, K. and Lewis, M. (Eds) A Decade of Discovery: proceedings of the Portable Antiquities Scheme conference 2007, BAR British Series 520
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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