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FINGER RING
Unique ID: LVPL-FF7F3C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy wire finger ring of unknown date, Bronze Age to Modern, 2350 BC - AD 2014, but most likely to be Post Medieval or Modern (AD 1500 - 2014). It is made from a single piece of circular sectioned wire. The hoop of the ring is made from eight turns of wire some of which are touching and some of which are spaced apart. The terminal consists of one end of wire threaded up through the inside of the ring to meet the opposite end of wire. Each end is then wrapped around the other with an outwards facing knot which sits on one end of the object. The object has a light-green patina and is corroded in places.
A similar example recorded on the database is SWYOR-E2A59B which notes: Wire finger rings are known from the Bronze Age onwards. Though an exact parallel has not been found, similar rings continue to be made today.
Dimensions: 19mm in width, 13mm thick, 1mm thick (of wire) 11mm in height, 1.9g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 11 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
To be known as: Selby area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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