NHER 37480 (Find Spot record) - Roman finger ring
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TL79SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Before 8 June 2002. Found in garden. Garden of 26 Addison Close.
Roman copper alloy pennanular snake terminal finger ring with crisp moulded details to heads, probably stamped, as (S1). This type of ring is known in numerous variants in precious and non precious metals, for example the thirty very similar examples found in the Snettisham jewellers hoard, deposited after AD 154/5. Hoop has rounded rectangular section, maximum diameter 2mm; internal hoop diameter 19mm.
See (S2).
Identified by T. J. Pestell (NCM), 3 September 2002.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 17 September 2002.
Associated Sources (3)
- --- SNF50602 Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
- <S1> SNF59381 Monograph: Johns, C.. 1996. Jewellery of Roman Britain. Celtic Art and Classical Tradition.. Type Bii.
- <S2> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Nov 30 2005 3:36PM