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FINGER RING
Unique ID: BERK-A4E1ED
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper-alloy Roman finger-ring dating to the period c. AD 100-300. The hoop is now distorted but is unbroken. The finger ring is 'D'-shaped in cross-section and flat on the inner face. In plan, the bezel is roughly oval and has two circular cells on a lateral alignment. The cells are now empty but probably contained enamel, often red and blue in other examples (see for instance BERK-71F9D7). Each cell has an outer diameter of 2.8mm. The shoulders taper in width from the bezel in to the hoop.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.1 mm
Width: 11.5 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 2.6 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2017.399
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Bletchingdon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5219
Four figure Latitude: 51.86716234
Four figure longitude: -1.24619656
1:25K map: SP5219
1:10K map: SP51NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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