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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NARC-F28D74
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman finger ring. The widest face of the ring, or bezel, is a raised square (5 x 5mm) split into 4 quarters by two feint etched lines. The bezel is raised 1mm from the frame of the ring. The frame of the ring is 7mm at its widest and tapers to 2.5mm wide at the break. Diagonal grooves are placed on the frame adjacent to each corner of the bezel, and two etched lines in an elongated V down each side of the frame complete the decoation.
Finger rings of this type date to the late Roman period.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18 mm
Width: 7 mm
Weight: 1.38 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Paulerspury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7247
Four figure Latitude: 52.11664156
Four figure longitude: -0.94990632
1:25K map: SP7247
1:10K map: SP74NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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