finger-ring;
human skeletal remains
- Museum number
- 1853,1214.35
- Description
-
Copper alloy? finger-ring, spiral with punched crescents; also two phalanges, one stained green from copper alloy corrosion. The stained phalanx appears to derive from the second or third finger of the right hand.
- Production date
- 5thC-6thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Rebecca Whiting examined the two phalanges on 13 March 2019. Her analysis suggested that the stained phalanx derived from the second or third finger of the right hand; the unstained phalanx is incomplete and difficult to identify with certainy.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2010 Jul-Sep, Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, Salisbury 150
- Acquisition date
- 1853
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1853,1214.35