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Medieval silver finger ring
Silver finger ring with a decorated band
The band is decorated and tapers away from the bezel. The decoration, which extends all along the external face, has been first engraved and then inlaid with niello. Three quadrangular panels of ornament with single line borders, are each separated by fields of multiple engraved lines (wrigglework); similar narrow fields at each end are differ in having open outer borders. The ring is of twelfth-century date.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2017.7H
Find Information
Site Name: Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2013 / December
Notes: Found on pasture, c. 0.1m below surface.
Measurements
maximum width / mm:9 (band)
width / mm
minimum width / mm:4.4 (band)
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:0.8 (band)
thickness / mm
internal diameter / mm:19
diameter / mm
weight / g:3.5
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