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RING
Unique ID: HAMP-7005D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy multi-purpose ring of unknown date but possibly dating to the Medieval/Post Medieval period. It is plain with evidence of tooling marks on both faces. Rings like these are numerous and would have been multi-purpose, eg.for hanging keys from a belt etc.
Overall the ring is 28.30mm in diameter, 2.50mm thick and weighs 6.00g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6 g
Diameter: 28.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st June 2013 - Tuesday 27th August 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form 3667
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Nether Wallop
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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