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Late Saxon finger ring/ear ring
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Norfolk County Council, Ellen Bales, 2005-12-08 10:15:28
Title
Late Saxon finger ring/ear ring
Description
English: Late Anglo-Saxon finger-ring or earring, once with overlapping ends, now distorted and partly opened out. Hoop of circular cross-section towards the widest, central part and more angular towards the ends. Near one end are the very faint indications of two or three ring-and-dot motifs. Metal has dull purplish surface. Length of hoop c.63mm. Compare Margeson 1993 (Norwich Households) no. 1. 11th century.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 1000 and 1100
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1000-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 116512
Old ref: NMS-824CE6
Filename: AMD Sept 05 16.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/86184
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/86184/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/116512
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