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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NMS-49D8E7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A fragmentary Roman silver finger-ring set with a glass intaglio. Almost all the slender hoop is lacking, leaving just the bezel and small moulded shoulders. The form is related to Henig (1978) Types Xb and XIII. The oval bezel is set with an oval glass intaglio (imitating nicolo) with a blue upper layer and black lower layer. The lightly-cambered surface of the flawed, worn and slightly degraded intaglio has a rather poorly-preserved impressed design depicting the celebrated scene of a reclining Leda seduced by Jupiter in the form of a swan. A similar scene, though with the addition of a couch, is known in red jasper intaglios, one, a fragmentary example, from Springhead, Kent (Henig 1978, no. 478).
Date: Probably 2nd-3rd century AD.
Dimensions: Maximum length 16.5 mm., bezel 15 x 11 mm., intaglio 12 x 9 mm.
Weight: 3.15 g.
Notes:
In age and precious metal content the object qualifies as Treasure under the terms of the 1996 Treasure Act.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Norwich Castle Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2006T305
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.5 mm
Weight: 3.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st April 2006
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2006T305
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Pentney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7212
Four figure Latitude: 52.67839693
Four figure longitude: 0.54278771
1:25K map: TF7212
1:10K map: TF71SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henig, M. | 1974 | A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones From British Sites | Oxford | British Archaeological Reports 8 | 478 |
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