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EAR RING
Unique ID: BH-11F1B7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy ring, probably an ear ring, dating to the Roman period (c. AD 43-410). The surviving part of the penannular hoop is circular in cross section and gradually expands from one end to the other. Both terminals appear to be broken. The surfaces of the hoop are pitted with corrosion but there are remains of a mid-green patina. The ring measures 24.22mm in diameter and 4.15mm at the hoop's thickest. It weighs 4.9 grams.
There are several other such objects recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (e.g. BH-C4E24D, NLM-C5FB51 and WMID-BF9F7D), which Allason-Jones (1989, Ear-Rings in Roman Britain) refers to as her Type 1. They are a common type dating from the 1st to the 4th centuries, but several have also been found from Early Medieval contexts where they are interpreted as finger rings or earrings (Rogers 1993, Anglian and other finds from Fishergate, pp. 1370-1371, inc fig 668, nos. 5411-5413).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 402
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.15 mm
Weight: 4.9 g
Diameter: 24.22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 3rd September 2018 - Sunday 23rd September 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Great and Little Chishill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL4041
Four figure Latitude: 52.0497141
Four figure longitude: 0.04020827
1:25K map: TL4041
1:10K map: TL44SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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