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Roman Ear Ring
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Derby Museums Trust, Charlotte Burrill, 2012-03-07 16:18:31
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Roman Ear Ring
Description
English: A complete cast copper alloy penannular ring which has a lozengiform cross-section with carinations on all sides. The ring tapers to a sharp point at one end but is blunt at the other. The ends almost meet with a gap of approximately 1mm between them. Unlike many other examples on the database there are no traces of gilding. 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).

As this item was found in association with Roman finds it has been dated as Roman.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 43 and 400
Accession number
FindID: 492790
Old ref: DENO-783C78
Filename: E7129_Undated Penannular_Ring.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/373163
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/373163/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/492790
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