Record ID: CORN-44160E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy finger ring, probably Roman in date, consisting of a flat strip of metal bent into a penannular ring with both terminals narrowing to a point and overlapping slightly. The pointed ends suggest this could have been used as an earring, but they may also simply be narrowed to fit together when worn on the finger and penannular to allow for expansion. The ring may also been made from a broken fragment of a bracelet which are often penannular in the Roman period. The outer face of the hoop is decorated with three horizontal concentric grooves which converge towards the ends …
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 17th November 2018
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Record ID: CORN-DB3022
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy finger ring with an empty circular collet for an intaglio. The hoop is oval in profile and D-shaped in section, tapering from the wide (10 mm wide), slightly bevelled shoulders to the narrower base (4 mm wide) of the hoop. The roughly circular collet on the oval bezel is formed from a raised collar which creates a recess, now empty, which would have contained an intaglio made from glass or a gemstone. The collar of the collet is 9 mm in diameter and 2 mm in height, and the internal diameter of the collet for the stone is 7 mm. The ring likely belongs to Henig's (1974) …
Created on: Sunday 28th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
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