Record ID: NARC-53CCC2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring, broken along the transverse section and much distorted. The ring is roughly triangular in section creating two registers on the outer surface. The upper register is engraved with the words +IESVS....RENVS The lower register contains the words +REX..VDEORVM Some letters are missing due to the much-abraded surface. This Latin inscription would translate as: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews The phrase was used to taunt Christ at the Crucifixion. It was invoked as a remedy for fever in the Middle Ages. The ring is silver and dates from the …
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.