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Description: | A probably Roman copper alloy finger ring fragment consisting of the bezel and adjacent parts of the hoop. The rest of the hoop is missing to old breaks. The bezel is flat and octagonal in plan and set transversely to the hoop. The oblique sides and short ends are slightly concave. In the centre of the bezel an indented oval setting, 1.4mm deep, the base of which is filled with white filler, probably calcium carbonate. On the broad border around the setting is incised decoration consiting of diagonal lines at the short ends and several curls suggesting a very simple foliate design along the longer sides. The sides of the bezel angle in sightly to the therefore smaller flat back. To each side of the bezel is a stepped shoulder in two steps with a small rectangular transverse section to each side of the bezel before it steps down to the oval cross-sectioned hoop which continues to narrow to the old breaks. The rectangular section of shoulder is decorated with incised transverse lines. The remaning section of hoop is distorted to one side.The bezel is 17.7mm wide by 14.0mm across and 4.6mm thick. The entire piece is now 25.1mm across and 11.9mm thick. It weighs 6.01 grams.While unusual for a Roman ring this can probably be placed in Guiraud type IV although the bezel does not noticable break the line of the hoop, suggesting a 3rd to 4th century date. There are several close parallels to this ring on this database including BH-6C0D22, HAMP-C53C27, LEIC-118351, NMS-02F075 and NLM-6FFB97, most of which have also been suggested as Roman.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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