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Early medieval silver finger ring
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Dot Boughton, 2014-02-05 11:42:27
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Early medieval silver finger ring
Description
English: A medieval silver finger-ring, the bezel circular, with four small protruding lobes at the four corners, engraved with a diagonal cross within a circle. The engraved areas originally held niello. The shoulders are decorated with the head of a dragon or animal, and the hoop between the bezel and the dragons is engraved with ridges. The hoop is of D-shaped section.

Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the finger-ring indicated a silver content of approximately 99% with some trace impurities. The actual silver content is likely to be lower than this.

The ring is not modern, in spite of its appearance. The condition of the silver indicates it has undergone chemical cleaning of an unsuitable type for an archaeological silver item. It is possible that there was a niello inlay on the bezel but this has largely been reduced to unattractive globules of silver. The surface composition of the ring has been changed by the cleaning.

The finger-ring dates to the 12th or early 13th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cumbria
Date EARLY MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindID: 599333
Old ref: LANCUM-0C59A0
Filename: THMM0C59A0d.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/455196
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/455196/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/599333
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