Record ID: SF9033
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Terminal from a snake-ring, made from a very greyish soft metal, apparently a lead alloy. The hoop of the ring is circular in cross-section at the break, 3 mm in diameter; it quickly flares out to form a snake's head bezel which is 10 mm wide and 3 mm thick. The head is oval or lozengiform, and is quite stylised, with grooves along the edge on the rear half of the head but no other visible decoration. The head tapers into the hoop with no border between them, and the fragment is strongly curved to fit around the finger.
Created on: Thursday 1st August 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ELMSTEAD', grid reference and parish protected.