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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NMGW-FCFF57
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy finger-ring fragment, probably of Roman date
The finger-ring is fragmentary, represented by a little les than half of the bezel and a shoulder fragment only (with a surviving width of 13.4mm, a surviving length of 8.6mm and a weight of 1.1g). The hoop was of oval section and is expanding at the shoulders (with a minimum width and thickness of 3mm and 1mm respectively). The bezel was oval (8.6mm long, 2.0mm wide and 1.3mm thick) and would have had a recessed oval cell containing a glass paste, enamel or stone setting, no trace of which now survives. The underside of the bezel is gentle convex across its width. The surface has a grey-green patina.
The fragmentary nature of the finger-ring makes a confident identification difficult but the general form is consistent with some Roman period rings and may possibly of Henig's (1978)[1] Type II/III suggesting a late 1st or 2nd century AD date.
[1] Henig, M., 1978 (2nd ed.); A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones from British Series; BAR British Series 8
Class: Finger-ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 8.6 mm
Width: 13.4 mm
Weight: 1.1 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2013.40.1
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wenvoe (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST1072
Four figure Latitude: 51.43981874
Four figure longitude: -3.29626369
1:25K map: ST1072
1:10K map: ST17SW
Grid reference source: From finder
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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