File:Finger ring (intaglio) (FindID 842898).jpg

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finger ring (intaglio)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2017-04-26 17:14:24
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finger ring (intaglio)
Description
English: Silver Roman finger ring of Henig's Type II, with plain oval hoop, D-shaped in section, broad shoulders and flat, widened bezel. At the centre of the bezel is a red intaglio, probably made of carnelian, with an engraved cockerel facing left. The cockerel was associated with Mercury, the god of merchants, travelers and those that transported goods. Rings of this type are dated from the 1st to the 2nd century.

The closest comparanda for the intaglio on the database, a silver ring with a flat bezel holding a standing cockerel intaglio of carnelian, is in record CAMHER-15EF75 which has the reference Henig 1978, no 679.

Similar finger rings recorded on the database, but with different intaglios, include: NLM-74D2F2 and <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/402164" title="View details for DENO-BF9800">DENO-BF9800</a>.

Bishop (1996) illustrates an intaglio with a cockerel pulling a cart (supporting the transportation association with Mercury) that is made of red jasper on page 48, fig.28, no.274, which was in a context that was no later than the Antonine period of the 2nd century AD.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Norfolk
Date between 43 and 200
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FindID: 842898
Old ref: CORN-7384FE
Filename: DSCN4876.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/612689
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/612689/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/842898
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Object location52° 35′ 17.52″ N, 1° 17′ 58.49″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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