Record ID: BM-7FAE3A
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver ring-key of Guiraud's type 5a. The object is damaged, with an incomplete key-bit and lacking most of its hoop. The fragment of surviving hoop shows it to be flat and broad, and decorated with an engraved line flanking the edge nearest the bit. Next to this is a V shape of dots, suggesting a zig-zag dotted pattern around the hoop. The hollow stem interrupts this; projecting from the stem is a bit with three projecting teeth, the outer two of which are incomplete. The bit is decorated along the element connecting the teeth, with a longitudinal groove. The treatment of the b…
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2019
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Record ID: PAS-D63214
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
The ring has a flat, tapered hoop with a plain bezel area set with two small cabochon stones. The shoulders feature ribbed patterning including two rows of small raised beads. The workmanship is fairly perfunctory; the external grooves and ridges can be seen on the interior of the band. The surface is extensively scratched and damaged. The garnets are of a purplish hue, unlike the garnets normally seen in classical jewellery. Dimensions and metal content: Internal diameter: 15mm; width of hoop at bezel: 11mm; weight: 4.8g. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum …
Created on: Thursday 10th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-D27614
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Short, distorted length of silver, almost certainly from a bracelet. It has an astragalus pattern in relief in a "chip-carved" technique - alternating square and lozenge panels, two of each surviving.
Created on: Thursday 10th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Surlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-C3A106
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
This very small object is a fragment from a small silver vessel, of cup or bowl shape. In section there is a clear angle, suggesting a more or less vertical and decorated rim or upper body, and a carination below which the plain body tapers inwards. The decoration is a simply engraved series of pointed ovules, possibly alternating in direction. No trace of inlay can be seen. 22 x 16 x about 1mm; weight: 3.1g. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content of 98 per cent. The style of the decoration and the quality of the m…
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mattishall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-C37FE6
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
This object, a damaged and incomplete spoon bowl, was submitted as a potential treasure case. Visual examination was confirmed by scientific analysis, that the object is made of tin-plated bronze. It does not, therefore, come under the provisions of the Treasure Act.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harpenden', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-C31938
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
The hoop tapers evenly from the bezel at the front to a narrower back, and the form is a very regular circle. The bezel is demarcated by double incised lines with oblique transverse lines echoing the shape of a narrow raised lozenge set crosswise in the centre of the bezel. Dimensions: Internal diameter: 19mm; weight: 2.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-C2F096
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The bezel and shoulders of a silver finger-ring with a plain, raised circular bezel and tapering shoulders with a deep outline groove. Dimensions: Length: 18mm; weight: 3.3g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Offchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-C2D4F3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The ring is of polygonal faceted form. The long bezel facet is set with a small oval carnelian with a flat table, bearing an engraved hare crouching to the left. Dimensions and metal content: Internal diameter: 13 x 17mm; weight: 5.2g. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content of 91 per cent.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fulbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-C26690
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A very thin and slight hoop, quite heavily corroded, with a shallow oval setting. It was set with a small carnelian gem, now detached from the ring, engraved with the motif of a dolphin and trident. Dimensions and metal content: Internal 17 x 14mm; weight: ring 2.4g, gem 0.3g. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content of 98 per cent.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: PAS-C1FCA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
The plain tapered hoop has flattened shoulders and a swollen bezel with an oval setting now lacking its gem. Dimensions: Internal diameter:17 x 20mm; weight: 9.1g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: PAS-C12F11
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A standard Roman gem-set ring of Henig Type II, with slight faceting of the hoop. The engraved carnelian gem, now detached from its setting, shows the figure of a dolphin. 98% silver. Weight: ring 6.1g, gem 0.3g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 27th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.