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FINGER RING

Unique ID: SF5500

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Small fragment of a copper alloy finger ring. Flat hoop, expanding to an oval bezel of which only the edge survives. The bezel appears to be flat, 0.8mm thick, with two grooves marking a central ?lozenge. Probably Roman.

Notes:

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Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Width: 7 mm
Weight: 0.36 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999 - Saturday 1st April 2000

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Grid Sq 16

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK WIXOE

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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