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FINGER RING
Unique ID: BUC-910AB2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver gilt finger ring with a smooth but slightly irregular purple coloured stone. This is slightly cloudy and is probably quartz amethyst, set in an oval cup-shaped bezel. The inside of the hoop is plain. The outside of the hoop is decorated with simple "chip carving" forming lozenge shaped fields containing lozenge shaped crosses. The decoration on the band is not symmetrical, there being a flower-shaped decoration below one shoulder and opposite the setting. The ring is complete but the gilding shows signs of wear on the high points. The dimensions of the stone are 6.22 by 5.97mm. The bezel measures 9.34 by 8.35mm. The internal diameter is 19.75mm.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Retained by finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1300
Date to: AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.82 g
Diameter: 22.14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th March 1990
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Secondary material: Gem
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
District: Milton Keynes (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Tattenhoe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
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