File:Early Medieval finger ring (FindID 617630).jpg
Original file (2,161 × 2,217 pixels, file size: 865 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
[edit]Early Medieval finger ring | |||
---|---|---|---|
Photographer |
West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, 2014-05-27 12:47:17 |
||
Title |
Early Medieval finger ring |
||
Description |
English: British Museum Report:
"The find consists of a finger-ring of silver wire with the ends knotted round the hoop and forming a triple wire bezel with a blue glass bead strung on the central wire; diameter, 18mm (max); weight, 0.73 grams. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for wire of the ring of 98%, with 2% copper. The wire is not only in relatively good condition, but also has a refined silver composition which suggests it is of recent manufacture. The blue bead, on the other hand, has a weathered surface and is a leaded glass, coloured with cobalt. Its composition could be either Roman, or of more recent manufacture." Additional Details: The internal diameter is 13.2mm. Many recently reported wire wound finger rings with slip knots have been found to be of Modern date. The finger ring is made from a single strand of silver wire which is circular in section and which has a consistant diameter of 0.8mm - 0.9mm. It has been formed into a circular loop of 15.5mm diameter, the loop having two turns of wire, and the bezel formed from three strands. The ends of the wire are coiled round the hoop at the ends of the bezel, two turns at each side. The three strands of wire forming the bezel have been bent apart to make the bezel a pointed oval shape. The central strand has an annular dark blue glass bead threaded on it. The bead is oval in plan, 4.9mm long, and 4mm wide. It is D shaped in section and of irregular thickness, about 2.3mm. The surface of the bead is slightly pitted and there are two slightly larger concavities opposite each other on the part of the bead forming the outer part of the bezel. A similar finger ring with a bead forming the bezel is NLM31 which was considered impossible to date. It differs from this example in having square sectioned wire. Square sectioned wire is a characteristic which is often indicitive of Modern examples, for example, ESS-4C0457 and KENT-697734 (2013T52), the latter of which was found through metal analysis to be made from sterling silver and therefore almost certainly of modern date. The undateable NLM31 is the only other wire finger ring with a bead bezel on the database. The uniformity of the wire, the object's good condition, the lack of other early medieval finds from the vacinity and the similarity to known modern jewellery argue for a Modern date for this finger ring. |
||
Depicted place | (County of findspot) Doncaster | ||
Date | between 1800 and 2000 | ||
Accession number |
FindID: 617630 Old ref: SWYOR-C7F18D Filename: PAS_2185_finger_ring.jpg |
||
Credit line |
|
||
Source |
https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/469778 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/469778/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/617630 |
||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
Attribution-ShareAlike License |
Licensing
[edit]- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 18:58, 22 January 2017 | 2,161 × 2,217 (865 KB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | Portable Antiquities Scheme, SWYOR, FindID: 617630, early medieval, page 1492, batch count 3112 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Orientation | Normal |
---|---|
Horizontal resolution | 201.625 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 201.625 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 10.0 Windows |
File change date and time | 15:41, 21 May 2014 |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 2,161 px |
Image height | 2,217 px |
Date and time of digitizing | 16:41, 21 May 2014 |
Date metadata was last modified | 16:41, 21 May 2014 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:8C065E3CF1E0E311B616A6CE9A119AA0 |