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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SOM-EDE852
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a Roman cast copper alloy finger ring. Only the bezel, parts of both shoulders and about a tenth of the hoop survives, the rest is lost to old breaks and the remaining part of the hoop is bent under. The ring has a wide bezel with an oval recess in the centre, probably to hold an intaglio, now lost. The recess contains traces of a white substance, probably a calcium carbonate cement to hold the intaglio. The shoulders taper in width away from the bezel to the hoop and are angled down at c.45 degrees to it. The hoop and shoulders have a slight D-shaped section with flat inner side and slightly convex outer side. It now measures 21.4 mm in length, 11.2 mm in width, 1.8 mm in thickness and weighs 1.72g.
The D shaped section to the hoop and shoulders that taper in width along with the recessed oval bezel suggest Henig type III dating to the late first to mid-second century AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.4 mm
Width: 11.2 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 1.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th May 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 22067
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: South Petherton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 |
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