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FINGER RING
Unique ID: BH-4798E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A ?base silver/ copper-alloy tinned finger ring of keeled type dating to the third or fourth century AD. The finger ring possesses an oval hoop which is rectangular in section. The hoop expands to form the flat triangular shoulders which are decorated with marginal grooves and notches. The bezel is circular in plan with an integrally-cast raised setting, which is incised with three triangles. The internal ring diameter (lengthwise) is 20mm and 18mm (vertically). The external ring diameter is 24mm lengthwise and 22mm vertically.
Parallels are recorded by the PAS including GLO-875043 and GLO-EF3774. A similar finger ring was found at Lydney Roman Temple, Gloucestershire,which was dated to the late third century to fourth century AD (Wheeler and Wheeler, 1932, 82, 55), whereas an example excavated in the town of Cirencester (McWhirr, 1986, 105-106) was dated to the third century. A third example was excavated from a grave in Colchester where the deposit was dated to c AD 320-c450 (Crummy, 1983, 49-50).
Class: keeled
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 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 20 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Base Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Streatley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL0927
Four figure Latitude: 51.93084985
Four figure longitude: -0.4160965
1:25K map: TL0927
1:10K map: TL02NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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