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Roman (possibly) earring
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Katie Hinds, 2010-06-29 15:38:10
Title
Roman (possibly) earring
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).

Cf. <a href="http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/280417">SUSS-0BA444</a>

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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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/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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Object location51° 30′ 52.92″ N, 1° 44′ 06.68″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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