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FINGER RING
Unique ID: DENO-EC1579
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Coper alloy Roman finger ring fragment dating to the period c. AD 45 - 300.
The ring has a large circular bezel. The hoop is missing. The bezel is decorated with recessed cells formed from arcs which create a cruciform or star effect with a circular hub. The inner cell created by the arcs contains red enamel, the hub and the outer cells are filled with a pale material, probably degraded enamel, possibly blue although the original colour is difficult to determine. The shoulders are undecorated and taper to form the hoop, which is now missing, the shoulders terminating after 9 mm. The back of the bezel appears to be infilled with wax. This may have been a repair or adjustment in antiquity.
The bezel measures 20 mm diameter and is 4 mm thick. The object weighs 9.7 g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 9.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th October 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E9228
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Perlethorpe cum Budby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6371
Four figure Latitude: 53.23230929
Four figure longitude: -1.05764821
1:25K map: SK6371
1:10K map: SK67SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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