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146 BERK-746742: Early Medieval Ring
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The British Museum, Michael Byard, 2013-02-22 10:22:35
Title
146 BERK-746742: Early Medieval Ring
Description
English: An early-medieval copper alloy finger ring consisting of two strands twisted into one piece. The base of the hoop - where the two strands are joined - is flat. The section of the ring expands towards the bezel, which is the thickest portion of the ring. The ropework hoop may have been gilded. It is similar in style to some Late Saxon and Viking examples and can be compared to HAMP-B7CF73, LVPL-B07C55, SF-16B905 and BH-F06BC6. Kevin Leahy has commented (about LVPL-B07C55) that although similar designs are known from the Viking period, they were also in use in other periods and these ring should not be considered to be exclusively Viking. SF-16B905 also suggests published parallels of finger rings recovered from excavation in Anglo-Scandinavian York (see in particular Mainman and Rogers, 2000: 2585-2586, no. 10520) and a gold finger ring of similar 10th-11th century AD date is noted in Read, 1995: pp. 48-49, no. 176. A 9th - 11th century date is suggested for this example.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 800 and 1100
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FindID: 546452
Old ref: BERK-746742
Filename: 146 Berk 746742.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/417046
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/417046/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/546452
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Object location51° 34′ 50.52″ N, 1° 28′ 55.24″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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