finger-ring

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Object Type
Museum number: 2009,8016.1
Description: Silver finger-ring, complete but broken into three pieces. The hoop is ovoid in form, smoothly profiled with a broad bezel area, and is set with a small oval carnelian (quartz). The gem projects from the setting. It is a light orange in colour, and is somewhat crudely engraved with a bird on a branch.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 100-300
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Lacock, Discovered while metal detecting on pasture land, 4" below the ground surface.
Materials: silver; cornelian
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 8 millimetres (gem); Length: 18 millimetres (internal, approx.); Weight: 5.18 grammes; Width: 12 millimetres (bezel area); Width: 6 millimetres (gem); Width: 13.50 millimetres (internal, approx.)
Bibliographic references: Henig 1978 / A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones from British Sites (cf. nos. 685-7); TAR 2007 / Portable Antiquities and Treasure Annual Report 2007 (no, 134, p. 85)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2009
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 2009,8016.1
Additional IDs: Treasure/PAS number: 2007T112 (Treasure number); Treasure/PAS number: WILT-6DF737 (PAS Database Number)

Free entry