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FINGER RING
Unique ID: BERK-30C070
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A large copper alloy finger ring dating to the medieval period. The finger ring is now oval in plan and has a break in the hoop. The bezel is a moulded decorative feature but what it depicts is hard to see; there is an inscription around the outer hoop but again this is hard to read because of wear. Some of the lettering appears to (...)EA(...)RVS R and it may be an inscription related to Christ as Jesus of Nazareth, however this is just speculation. Suggested date: 14th or 15th century AD.
Notes:
Finder's Ref: 013
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Subsequent action after recording: Finder applying for an export licence
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 6.15 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Diameter: 27.18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 18th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2013.553
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: East Hendred (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4589
Four figure Latitude: 51.59805371
Four figure longitude: -1.35172048
1:25K map: SU4589
1:10K map: SU48NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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