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2009T381 Medieval Gold Finger Ring
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Sussex Archaeological Society, Stephanie Smith, 2012-01-25 16:26:06
Title
2009T381 Medieval Gold Finger Ring
Description
English: A medieval gold finger-ring set with a large opaque brown stone within a 7-cusped setting. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence of the surface of the ring indicated a composition of 69-71% gold and 18-20% silver, the remainder being copper.

The exposed surface of the stone has a slightly worn appearance and it has not been possible to identify any characteristic features by optical examination, or to identify the stone unequivocally using non-destructive analytical methods. However, X-ray fluorescence shows the presence of large quantities of calcium, phosphorus and strontium, the proportions of which are similar to those found in skeletal elements, such as bone or ivory, and it seems probable that the material is biological in origin, possibly a bezoar. These are concretions generally found in the stomachs of ruminative animals and were considered antidotes to poison from around the 13th century onwards. The composition of such stones is variable but they are usually mixtures of grass, hair and calcium salts.

A parallel count be found in Thame Hoard Scarisbrick and Henig Plate 13 no.1 21.7

The external diameter, 5.6mm wide 1.6mm thick, bezel 16.2mm in diameter, stone 14.9mm, bezel and stone 8.1mm thick, 13.98 grams.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Sussex
Date MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindID: 262994
Old ref: SUSS-C64E31
Filename: 2009 T381.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/366520
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/366520/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/262994
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Object location50° 53′ 43.08″ N, 0° 15′ 00.77″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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