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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SF-1DFD77
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper alloy Roman finger ring. Only the outer part of the ring survives. To either side of the bezel are flattened, outwards curving D-shaped shoulders with small sections of the much narrower hoop attached to each of their outer ends. The bezel has an oval socket extending from its outer face, 4.49mm above the line of the hoop. The edges of this socket are bent out of shape and its interior contains traces of a whitish material, which probably held an intaglio in place originally. The metal is fairly corroded and the breaks are well worn. There are traces of a white metal surface coating in places.
The form of the shoulders and the raised bezel suggest that this ring belongs to Henig's (1974) Type VIII/Giraud's (1989) Type 3. Guiraud (1989, 185) dates Type 3 to the end of the 2nd and first three-quarters of the 3rd century and Henig (2007, 13) dates Type VIII to the 3rd century.
Length: 25.91mm, width: 11.06mm, thickness of shoulders: 2.82mm, thickness incl. intagl: 4.49mm, weight: 3.72g
Class: Henig's (1974) Type VIII/Giraud's (1989) Type 3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.91 mm
Width: 11.06 mm
Thickness: 2.82 mm
Weight: 3.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Icklingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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