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FINGER RING
Unique ID: YORYM-A626EE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete copper alloy finger ring of medieval date. The finger ring consists of a circular, D-sectioned hoop which widens to a double bezel. The shoulders to either side of the bezel are decorated with foliate style designs and house central circular recesses which may have held coloured gems. The bezel itself is formed of two large parallel ovate cells which are likely to have also held gemstone. Both ovals have ribbed external borders. The interior of the hoop is flat and undecorated.
The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The finger ring is 21.7mm in diameter; the hoop is 6.3mm wide and 2,4mm thick; the bezel is 14.1mm wide and 3.1mm thick; and the ring weighs 5.2g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 14.1 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Diameter: 21.7 mm
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Brantingham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9428
Four figure Latitude: 53.73991918
Four figure longitude: -0.57631588
1:25K map: SE9428
1:10K map: SE92NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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