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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SF-5D07DA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman finger ring, dating to 300-400. Only the recessed setting for the bezel and fragments of the shoulders survive. The setting is circular in plan while the shoulders are formed by two waisted elements, which end with a transverse raised ridge. Tha back face is plain.
Cf with Henig-s Type VIII (1974, part I, fig. 2). Cf Blagg-Pluviez-Tester (2004, p. 115, no. 78).
Length: 16.60 mm
Width: 10.04 mm
Thickness of the setting: 2.55 mm
Weight: 0.99 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 300
Date to: Circa AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.6 mm
Width: 10.04 mm
Thickness: 2.55 mm
Weight: 0.99 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 20th October 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Yaxley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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