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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SOM-F15E1E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Roman copper alloy finger ring with blue glass inset. The bezel is the widest point and continues seamlessly into the wide shoulders (10.5mms) which taper evenly to a thin hoop around half way down the sides (min W.: 2.8mm). The shoulders are bent but there appears to have been a distinct carination flanking the bezel. The hoop is ribbon like in form, thin and flat internally and externally and is split across a third of the way along, the remaining part is folded back under itself. On the bezel is a raised oval box with the top edge bent inwards to hold a lozenge shaped piece of translucent pale blue glass. The glass inset has a raised pellet at each corner (one broken off) and one in the center. The inset measures 11.6mms by 7.8mms. The entire ring is 18.5mm long, 10.2mm wide and 12.0mm thick; it weighs 2.58 grams.
The form of the finger-ring is probably of Henig type XI rather than type V given the possible carination at the shoulder, Guiraud Type 2h, dating to the 3rd century AD.
Class: Henig type XI / Guiraud Type 2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Width: 10.2 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 2.58 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th August 2014 - Thursday 3rd December 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 17034
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Misterton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henig, M. | 1974 | A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones From British Sites | Oxford | British Archaeological Reports 8 |
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