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FINGER RING
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Philip Smither, 2020-11-28 11:21:29
Title
FINGER RING
Description
English:

The ring is a memento mori ring with a hoop of flattened D cross-section. The inscription on the inside of the band gives the date of 13 Jan '97 (century unknown) in italic script, likely 1697.

The outside of the band is almost completely plain apart from engraving of a skull. The eyes of the skill are inlaid with a black material, possible jet, vulcanite or black enamel. 

Width: 3.78mm

Thickness: 1.04mm

Diameter: 19.18mm

Weight: 2.48g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date 1697
date QS:P571,+1697-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 1009892
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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/1123427
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1123427/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 29 November 2020)
Other versions FindID 1009892 has multiple images: 1123426 1123427 search
Object location51° 06′ 34.56″ N, 2° 06′ 27.65″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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