Record ID: WILT-8F80D6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver medieval finger ring Circumstances of discovery: Metal detecting Description: A complete later 12th century silver finger ring with niello inlay. The band has been slightly bent and is rectangular in cross section. The ring comprises a narrrow band (2.1mm wide and 0.65mm thick) which expands into wider (2.95mm wide and 1.0mm thick) shoulder panels and central panel (4.6mm wide and 1.7mm thick). The narrow band is undecorated, both expanding shoulders are decorated with six sets of transverse incisions forming a chevron pattern before thickening and widening to the rais…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-8DA353
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman finger ring dating to the period c. AD 43 - 410. The ring is D-shaped in profile with an oval bezel consisting of a raised metal reserve which forms an oval recess for a glass or paste setting (now missing). The outer edges of the reserve feature a series of longitudinal grooves. The bezel measures 12.54mm in length, 8.64mm in width and is 2.38mm deep. The bezel is flanked by oval shoulders, each of which features a small depression in the centre. The loop then tapers from the shoulders. It is missing a small fragment near the bottom of the loop as…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 29th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.