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Unique ID: FAKL-BD73B2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Plain cast copper alloy ring, round section, 6.5mm diameter, good but with some loss of surface.
Notes:
While it is impossible to be sure, plain rings like this are found in early Anglo-Saxon graves and sixth century date seems likely, See McGregor and Bolick 1993, 258-61
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 470
Date to: Circa AD 600
Quantity: 1
Weight: 33.43 g
Diameter: 49.7 mm
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Other reference: 399
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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MacGregor, A. and Bolick, E. | 1993 | A summary catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon collections (non-ferrous metals), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | Oxford | Tempvs Reparatum | 258-61 |