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Early-medieval : Finger ring
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York Museums Trust, Liz Andrews-Wilson, 2010-05-04 14:40:33
Title
Early-medieval : Finger ring
Description
English: Treasure case No : 2010 T250

Silver finger ring fragment (?)
Date: 9th to 10th Century, Viking

Description:
A small fragment of a silver finger ring, or possibly a silver plate fragment. It is formed from a simple plate of silver. The fragment is wedge shaped, with parallel broken terminals on both ends. The width of the object tapers from 5.4mm to 3.8mm. The plate is flat, with squared off corners. The front surface of the object is decorated with small punched triangles, roughly equally spaced along with side of the front surface. The triangles all point inwards. The punched marks are not uniform. The reverse of the plate is undecorated.

Discussion:
There are a number of similar objects which have been dated to the 9th to 10th Century, which are listed as Treasure finds. 2006 T629 from the Pocklington area (East Riding of Yorkshire) formed part of a gold finger ring and also featured the punched triangle markings (Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, no. 217). 2002 T228 from West Walton (Norfolk) is a Viking-age cut piece of stamped silver bar, dating to the 10th Century; it also features the triangular punch-marks (Treasure Annual Report, 2002, p75, no. 66). A case from 2001, from Bolton (East Riding of Yorkshire) is a silver finger ring, dating to the Late 9th or early 10th Century also features the punched triangle markings (Treasure Annual Report, 2001, no. 45).

As the fragment is flat it is not absolutely certain that it is from a finger ring.

In terms of age and as the object comprises a minimum of 10% precious metal contain it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.


Dimensions: Length: 11.4mm; Width: Tapering from 5.4mm to 3.8mm; Thickness: 0.7mm;
Weight: 0.3g

Reference:
Treasure Annual Report 2005/6. 2008. London: DCMS. [p77, Fig: 217 (Treasure case 2006 T629)].

Treasure Annual Report 2002. 2004. London: DCMS. [p75, Fig: 66 (Treasure case 2002 T228)].

Treasure Annual Report 2001. 2003. London: DCMS. [p34, Fig: 45].
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire
Date between 800 and 1000
Accession number
FindID: 386485
Old ref: YORYM-F0F231
Filename: 2010 T250.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/279484
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/279484/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/386485
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