File:Roman (possibly) earring (FindID 396215).jpg
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[edit]Roman (possibly) earring | |||
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Photographer |
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Katie Hinds, 2010-06-29 15:38:10 |
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Title |
Roman (possibly) earring |
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Description |
English: A cast penannular ring of copper alloy which has a lozengiform cross-section with carinations on all sides where it is widest, and becomes sub-oval in cross-section and tapers to a sharp point at either end. The ends just pass and are slightly angled away from each other. Unlike many other examples on the database there are no traces of gilding. It measures 26.17x22.91mm (internal 18.86x15.41mm) and weighs 5.38g. At its centre is measures 5.07x5.35mm in cross-section. This narrows to c.0.9mm in diameter at either end. The original patina is mostly lost.
Objects of this shape are quite common finds from Roman contexts and are usually interpreted as earrings (Allason-Jones "Ear-Rings in Roman Britain", this is interpreted as Type 1 common from 1st to the 4th century). Similar objects have, however, also been found from later, Early Medieval contexts, where they are interpreted as finger rings or earrings (Rogers "Anglian and other finds from Fishergate" pages 1370-1371, inc fig 668, artefacts 5411-5413). |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Swindon | ||
Date | between 43 and 410 | ||
Accession number |
FindID: 396215 Old ref: WILT-A04EB5 Filename: Stone0610earring.jpg |
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Source |
https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/287428 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/287428/recordtype/artefacts Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/396215 |
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Permission (Reusing this file) |
Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 20 November 2020) |
Object location | 51° 30′ 52.92″ N, 1° 44′ 06.68″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.514700; -1.735190 |
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Orientation | Normal |
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Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows |
File change date and time | 11:50, 29 June 2010 |
Color space | sRGB |
Image width | 2,472 px |
Image height | 1,656 px |
Date and time of digitizing | 12:50, 29 June 2010 |
Date metadata was last modified | 12:50, 29 June 2010 |
IIM version | 2 |