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FINGER RING

Unique ID: SOM-560893

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A Roman copper-alloy finger ring of Henig Type IX (Henig 1974, fig.1), Guiraud type 9a. The hoop is polygonal in plan with eight external facets (octagonal), although the inside surface is circular in shape. The facets are slightly irregular in length. Each facet is flat and plain and there is no sign of any surface treatment, however the ring is very worn with damaged sections. Diameter: 21.3mm expernally, width: 3.5mm, thickness: 1.9mm, weight: 2.05g

Henig (1974, 50) suggests that polygonal rings are a third century type while Crummy (1983, 49, ref. 1788) notes that polygonal hoops tend to be fourth century in date. Johns (1997, 41), like Henig, suggests a slightly earlier, Middle Empire range. There are a number of similar examples recorded on the PAS database including IOW-901697 and HAMP-D47894.

Class: Henig Type IX /Guiraud type 9a

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
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 2.05 g
Diameter: 21 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014 - Sunday 31st August 2014

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCC receipt 16447

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Kingsdon (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: ST5026
Four figure Latitude: 51.03117701
Four figure longitude: -2.71439553
1:25K map: ST5026
1:10K map: ST52NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher
Crummy, N.	1983	Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, 1971-9	Colchester	Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd
Henig, M.	1974	A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones From British Sites	Oxford	British Archaeological Reports 8
Johns, C.	1997	The Snettisham Roman Jeweller's Hoard	London	British Museum Press

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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