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FINGER RING
Unique ID: FAKL-D4CCC1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Finger ring made from a strip of sheet copper alloy, bent around and butt-jointed. The surface is decorated with line of hollow dots each set within a raised, circular, area. These form a spiral, starting near one edge of the strip and eventually reaching the other edge with a small area of over-lap. There are also two lightly incised circumferential lines.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Post AD 60
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 6.2 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 2.13 g
Diameter: 17 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 221
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Near Market Weighton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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