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FINGER RING
Unique ID: BERK-C4E18A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gold hoop or ring of medieval date from a stratified archaeological excavation of a priory. Treasure case 2014 T849. Found around the waist of a female inhumation (presumably that of a nun). This item may have been attached to a garment at burial, or alternatively the excavators suggest it may have been a symbolic 'wedding' ring of a nun or prioress, showing their marriage to God, and kept in a purse about the waist. The gold ring measures 18mm in diamater and is 1mm thick. It weighs 1 gram. Archaeological context number 590.
Objects associated with the finger ring and burial include: a coffin, 2 Roman pottery shards, 4 iron nails, 1 copper alloy shroud pin, 7 inlaid floor tiles, 1 plain floor tile, 4 glazed roof tiles, 4 peg roof tiles and 1 ridge tile.
Notes:
The priory was founded in c. AD 1110 and was closed under Henry VIII in AD 1525.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2014T849
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1110
Date to: Circa AD 1525
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 1 mm
Weight: 1 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 10th November 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2014496 / SF40
Treasure case number: 2014T849
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Oxford (District)
To be known as: Littlemore CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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