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FINGER RING

Unique ID: SF-A4CEF6

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete and abraded copper alloy finger ring of Roman date. The bezel and one shoulder survive, the remainder of the ring now missing due to old breaks. The bezel is oval in shape with the remains of a recessed oval setting that would once have contained inlaid enamel, glass or similar decoration. The shoulders are prominent and swell before tapering to a thin, oval shaped hoop of which only a tiny fragment survives. The ring fragment measures 17.37mm in width, 8.61mm in height, and weighs 1.48g. Examples of similar shaped Roman rings with swollen shoulders and oval bezels can be noted in Crummy (1983: no. 1778) and from Roman Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 79-83).

Chronology

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

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 8.61 mm
Width: 17.37 mm
Weight: 1.48 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Icklingham, Suffolk

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Blagg, T.	2004	Excavations at a Large Romano-British Settlement at Hacheston, Suffolk, 1973-74		East Anglian Archaeology		nos. 79-83
Crummy, N.	1983	Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9	Colchester	Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd		no. 1778

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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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