finger-ring

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Object Type
Museum number: 1907,0520.18
Description: Silver finger-ring; bezel a cast disc; incised tamga; nielloed border; heavily moulded shoulders; hoop a band.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 12thC
Production place: Made in: Ukraine
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Street of the Three Saints (Kiev Hoard)
Materials: silver; niello
Technique: cast; incised; inlaid
Dimensions: Height: 16.80 millimetres; Width: 21.70 millimetres; Depth: 19.20 millimetres
Curator's comments: Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager 'Summary Catalogue' (draft MS) See registration no. 1907,0520.1 for full details
Bibliographic references: Tait 1976 / Jewellery Through 7000 Years (261e); Tait 1986a / Seven Thousand Years of Jewellery (309); Pekarska 2011 / Jewellery of Princely Kiev: The Kiev Hoards in the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Related Material (32)
Location: On display (G40/dc10/sF)
Subjects
Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Zolotnitski; Previous owner/ex-collection: Durlacher Bros
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1907,0520.18
Conservation

Free entry