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Roman gold ear ring
Ear ring consisting of a pear-shaped garnet, threaded through the long axis onto a thin wire which is twisted back on itself to form a closed loop.
Clustlws crog garned.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
54.389A/2.2
Find Information
Site Name: Bear House Field, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954
Notes: field adjoins the south-west side of the legionary fortress : 'A' material is from the culvert
Acquisition
Collected officially, 12/10/1954
Measurements
length / mm:11.0
diameter / mm:6.0 (body)
Material
gold
Location
Caerleon: Case 14 Jewellery
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