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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NLM-E93E7C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy finger ring fragment. Cast flat octagonal bezel and facetted shoulders of a signet ring; the rest of the band is lost. The bezel is occupied by the prominently bordered and crudely engraved motif of a lis. The shoulders of the ring have a narrow [3mm] flat strip flanked by broader bevelled surfaces. The angular frame of the matrix is characteristic of the later medieval period (Pateman 2008, page 107). The lis might refer to Marian devotion or French affinity. Suggested date: Late Medieval, 1425-1500
Length: 21.8mm, Width (bezel): 13.4mm, Thickness (at shoulders): 2.7mm, Weight: 3.56gms
Class: Signet
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1425
Date to: Circa AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.8 mm
Width: 13.4 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 3.56 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 11th April 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM45030
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Heraldic
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: South Ferriby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9921
Four figure Latitude: 53.67609995
Four figure longitude: -0.50277172
1:25K map: SE9921
1:10K map: SE92SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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