File:Fragment of a Roman finger-ring (FindID 1011364).jpg
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[edit]Fragment of a Roman finger-ring | |||
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Norfolk County Council, Andrew Williams, 2020-10-12 10:52:28 |
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Title |
Fragment of a Roman finger-ring |
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Description |
English: Description: Fragment of Roman gilded silver finger-ring. About a quarter of the hoop survives, together with part of the bezel. The hoop measures a minimum of just 1.4mm in width and 1.1mm in thickness at the worn break, where it is oval in cross-section. It flares to to a shoulder in the form of an animal head; this is sub-rectangular, with a pair of back-to-back C-shaped grooves nearest to the bezel which probably represent the eyes, and a pair of dots further from the bezel that probably represent nostrils. Each end of the head is decoratively shaped, probably to represent the ears at one end and the curves of the nose or snout at the other.
Beyond the animal head, the ring narrows again for a short length, and is D-shaped in cross-section. It then expands to a sub-rectangular panel, decorated with five short grooves in the same plane as the hoop, which is overlain by a curving ridge which appears to be the edge of a rounded setting for a gem. The interior is smoothly curved. The interior and sides retain gilding, which has presumably worn off the exterior. Dimensions: Surviving length 15.7mm, maximum width 4.5mm. Weight 0.4g. Discussion: It is not easy to find a good parallel for this ring. Expanded shoulders that then narrow again before the junction with the bezel are found on several types of Roman finger-rings; compare SF-92F963, which also has animal heads at the shoulders. It probably should be classified as a Guiraud type 4, which has a narrow hoop and embellished shoulders before a well-defined bezel; the closest sub-type might perhaps be a Guiraud type 4d (1989, 190). Examples of this type on the PAS database include NCL-D99A78, NCL-7822C4 and SOM-E7E65C. Date: Guiraud type 4 finger-rings appear to date from at least the mid second century through to the fourth century (Guirard 1989, 191; Johns 1996, 47). |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Norfolk | ||
Date | between 150 and 400 | ||
Accession number |
FindIdentifier: 1011364 |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1118723 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1118723/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1011364 |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop 21.0 (Macintosh) |
File change date and time | 15:24, 9 October 2020 |
Color space | sRGB |
Date and time of digitizing | 13:52, 15 October 2019 |
Date metadata was last modified | 16:24, 9 October 2020 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:ae3597b8-9e3f-c144-abe4-e8ca0ef26df8 |