Record Details
| NHER Number: | 36285 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman neck ring |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1999 recovered half of a possible Roman neck ring made from a twisted square-section rod which tapers and becomes circular-sectioned towards the surviving hooked end. This example had a fresh break and had no parallel amongst other neck rings of this size size.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 95 07 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90NE |
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| Parish: | SHIPDHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
August/september 1999. Metal detecting.
?Roman half of a ?neck ring, made from twisted square-section rod which tapers and becomes circular-section towards the surviving hooked end. It is broken at the widest part (very fresh break); if this is halfway around the ring, the diameter will be about 105mm, making a rough neck measurement of 14ins.
Bracelets made by this technique are common in the Roman world, but this example cannot be a bracelet by virtue of its size; the taper makes it certain that it we cannot have more than half of the circumference surviving.
I haven't been able to find a parallel in this neck-ring size, but the method of construction is similar to that used in 3rd/4th century bracelets.
Identified by H. Geake (NCM).
Polaroid (S1) taken.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 20 June 2001.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- NECK RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Photograph: NCM. 2001. [unknown]. |
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