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Early medieval finger ring
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Suffolk County Council Archaeology Service, Faye Minter, 2003-08-28 11:29:01
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Early medieval finger ring
Description
English: Silver finger-ring consisting of a rectangular sheet of silver 1mm thick. The two ends of this sheet taper sharply to form wire, circular in cross-section, which are twisted around each other and back around themselves to form a flat knot. The outward face of the sheet is decorated with 8 longditudinal rows of small rectangular indentations, which cease when the sheet begins to taper into wire. The rows are grouped into pairs with undecorated bands between. The inside face is smooth and undecorated. The finger-ring is now slightly out of shape, as it has been crushed; it is 27mm in length and 16mm in width. This finger-ring is early medieval, probably dating to the late 9th or 10th century; similar rings are known from Viking-age sites across the Scandinavian world.

Surface metal analysis at the British Museum indicated a silver content of c. 92%.

TAR 2002, no. 52.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 850 and 1000
Accession number
FindID: 34468
Old ref: SF9727
Filename: FNGsf1388sf9727.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/7646
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/7646/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/34468
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