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FINGER RING
Unique ID: WAW-7EA091
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Possible Roman (2nd to early 5th centuries) incomplete cast copper alloy bracelet, reused as a finger ring. Only a fragment of the bracelet remains, and it is rectangular in plan and curved so the terminals have a slight overlap and form a sub-oval ring in plan. The section of the bracelet is a slender D-shape. The exterior and interior surface of the bracelet/finger ring is undecorated. The surfaces have a mid-green patina.
The object measures 15.53mm long, 11.19mm wide, 4.7mm thick, and weighs 1.75g.
Bracelets made into finger rings can be difficult to identify, particularly if the bracelet is undecorated as this example. The item could also a harness fitting or suspension loop. There are undecorated Roman bracelets dating to the 2nd to 4thcentury for example Crummy (1995), Nos. 1640-1650.
Crummy, N., 1983 Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971-9. Colchester: Colchester Archaeological Trust.
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 425
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.53 mm
Width: 11.19 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 1.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Tuesday 31st October 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3601
Four figure Latitude: 51.70658934
Four figure longitude: -1.48041758
1:25K map: SP3601
1:10K map: SP30SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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