File:Bronze Age to Roman ring (FindID 762040).jpg

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Bronze Age to Roman ring
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Richard Henry, 2016-01-14 15:23:06
Title
Bronze Age to Roman ring
Description
English: A copper alloy possible horse harness ring of Bronze Age to Roman date (c. 1000 BC - AD 410). The ring measures 15.7mm in diameter (internal diameter 7.3mm), is 4.55mm thick and weighs 3.48 grams. It is circular in shape with a defined circumferential ridge running around the centre and flattened faces above and below. The interior surface also features a defined circumferential ridge, creating a hexagonal cross section. The interior surface exhibits scratch or wear marks which appear to have occured during use. The ring has a pitted dark brown patina with patches of green.

Similar rings have been discovered in a number of Bronze Age hoards and have been suggested as horse harness fittings, as being part of the handles of a sheet-metal cauldron of Class A1 (Type Tul-na-cross) and Class B1 (Types Llyn Fawr, Ballyshannon and Castlederg) (Gerloff 2010, Pl. 17, 7b; Pl.32, 14a; Pl. 33, 14f-h; Pl. 34, 15d, Pl. 54, 33c and Pl. 66, 37g)., or part of a chain from which a cauldron or other vessel was suspended over a fire.

Cf. WILT-9439A7 for a similar example on the database.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 1000 BC and 410
Accession number
FindID: 762040
Old ref: WILT-7BCF7B
Filename: WILT7BCF7B.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/548298
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/548298/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/762040
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current18:01, 13 February 2019Thumbnail for version as of 18:01, 13 February 20194,452 × 4,512 (4.57 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, WILT, FindID: 762040, bronze age, page 4900, batch count 13335

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