finger-ring;
bezel
- Museum number
- 1880.3930.c
- Description
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Fragment of a copper alloy finger-ring with traces of silvering, and comprising broad, thin shoulders soldered to a roughly circular bezel. Around the edge of the bezel is an indented bead pattern encircling a raised rim, which retains traces of flanges for holding a stone insert.
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.30 millimetres (bezel)
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Length: 11 millimetres
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Thickness: 1.75 millimetres (bezel)
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Width: 9.20 millimetres (bezel)
- Curator's comments
- Found in an unnumbered box of miscellaneous Masson collection ornaments and fragments, now designated 'Box 8'. For similar rings, see 1880.3811.b-i, 1880.3837, 1880.3938.a-b, IOLC.7569.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Acquisition notes
- Collected from the site of Begram, 1834-8 (MSS Eur. E161/VII, ff.31-3).
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1880.3930.c