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FINGER RING

Unique ID: NMGW-94B7A7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Gold finger ring of Post-Medieval date. The hoop has a thin D-shaped cross-section, and is plain on the exterior. The interior carries an inscription, beginning on the hoop and continuing across the bezel. The inscription is in Lombadic lettering and reads: I PRESENT THE ABSENT The hoop widens slightly as it approaches the shoulders, which carry four raised knops forming a cross. The shoulders end in a raised line, defining a cuff before the bezel depicting two joined hands crowned by two ducks each side of a possible crown. Traces of white enamel survive on the ducks and the hands.

Inscription: I PRESENT THE ABSENT

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1700
Date to: AD 1799

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Width: 7.5 mm
Thickness: 0.5 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Diameter: 15.9 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2003

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Gold

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Hullavington (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST8882
Four figure Latitude: 51.536773
Four figure longitude: -2.174407
1:25K map: ST8882
1:10K map: ST88SE
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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