File:Twisted silver finger ring (FindID 559163).jpg

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Twisted silver finger ring
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Durham County Council, Lauren Proctor, 2013-07-24 10:13:28
Title
Twisted silver finger ring
Description
English: A twisted silver wire finger ring dating to the early medieval period, c. AD 900 to AD 1066.

The ring is made up of two plain, tapering rods which have been twisted together with a small wire. The object is sub-circular in plan and where the wires taper there is evidence for a break suggesting that the two ends may have been connected in the past.

NCL-40E866 on the PAS database is very similar although it is slightly more ornate and unbroken. There is also a similar object in the British Museum, catalogue number 1921, 1101.376.

Finger rings of this type are very similar to Viking-period arm and neck rings, simply miniature versions.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North East Lincolnshire
Date between 900 and 1066
Accession number
FindID: 559163
Old ref: DUR-A1E866
Filename: DUR-A1E866-ordered.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/434379
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/434379/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/559163
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