File:Roman silver ear ring (FindID 388765).jpg

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Roman silver ear ring
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Lincolnshire County Council, Adam Daubney, 2010-05-07 15:35:13
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Roman silver ear ring
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English: A Roman silver ear-ring, dating to the 3rd century AD. The ear-ring is made of round silver wire circa 1mm thick that has been formed into a complete loop. Both terminals are wound around the frame.

This design of earring is dated to the 3rd century AD and is an example of Allason-Jones Type 3. Allason-Jones, L. 1989. Ear-Rings in Roman Britain, pages 5-6 and page 49, nos 27-28.

A similar example but in gold is recorded on the PAS database as ESS-CD46A6 in which the author notes:

Although the object is a complete loop, it is clear from grave finds that it functioned as an earring. For example a grave discovered in Lexden Road, Colchester, contained a pair of these rings located to either side of the skull close to the ears. Presumably such earrings were inserted into the ear lobes and then had their ends secured by winding them around the loop.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 200 and 300
Accession number
FindID: 388765
Old ref: LIN-424C17
Filename: DSCF5596.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/280032
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/280032
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/388765
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Object location53° 34′ 05.52″ N, 0° 14′ 46.06″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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