Record ID: SF-F53D92
Object type: EAR RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A Roman gold ear-ring of rectangular form, seemingly complete, though distortion obscures most of the front face. The edges are lightly scalloped and the simple openwork decoration comprises a design based on small crescentic piercings. It is not possible to determine the form of the centre of the plate. The long tapered hook, also distorted, is fastened to the centre of a cruciform brace which is soldered to the back of the main plate. Discussion: The ear-ring is Allason-Jones Type 11 (Lindsay Allason-Jones Ear-rings in Roman Britain, Oxford 1989, p8). Ralph Jackson reco…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.