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Medieval Finger Ring
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Somerset County Council, Naomi Payne, 2005-09-01 13:30:42
Title
Medieval Finger Ring
Description
English: A cast copper alloy medieval finger ring with engraved decoration. The circular ring is formed from a band of continuous thickness (measuring around 1.30mm) and there is no shoulder or bezel. It is wider on the side where the decoration is located, measuring 11.6mm at the widest point and 6.24mm at its thinnest. The front of the ring is decorated with a niello-inlaid cross pattee. The rest of the decoration is lightly engraved onto the surface. It consists of a four-arched tressure (formed from small dots) around the cross pattee, flanked by two vertical lines of tight zigzags. On each side of this is a side view of a three-petalled flower (again formed from small dots). The decoration covers exactly half of the ring's hoop; the remaining half is blank, as is the interior, with the exception of the indentation of the cross pattee. No close parallel has been found, but this finger ring possibly dates from the 12th century (pers. comm. Geoff Egan).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Dorset
Date between 1100 and 1199
date QS:P571,+1150-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1199-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 105897
Old ref: SOMDOR-700353
Filename: 700353.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/73646
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/73646/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/105897
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