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RING
Unique ID: HAMP-979EAA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A probably Late Iron Age or Roman (200 BC - AD 410) copper alloy ring or bead, measuring 10.5mm in diameter (internal diameter 5.0mm) and weighing 1.47g. The ring/ bead is chunky and triangular in cross-section with a beaded rim flanking each edge. It is flat on the inside edge and max.5.6mm wide. Directly opposite to this widest part the ring/ bead is narrower (5.1mm) through wear (and/ or suspension) to the beaded rim.
A ring of this size and chunkiness may not be much use as harness (one might additionally expect to see two places of wear) or other functionality (eg. for suspending a purse or keys), suggesting it may have had a decorative use as a bead. Cf. WILT-E56CF3, HAMP-934E64, HAMP-6D6A91.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 200 BC
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 10.5 mm
Width: 5.6 mm
Weight: 1.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2017 - Saturday 30th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 497
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Bishops Sutton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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