Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20035 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman finger ring |
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Summary
A 4th century AD Roman gold finger ring was found. The ring had three settings for blue and green glass. The exact nature and location of this discovery are unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | NORFOLK NO PROVENANCE, -, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Date and circumstances of discovery unknown. Possibly from NHER 4697.
Gold finger ring of late Roman, 4th century type, (S2).
Flattened ring of three granulated strands, expanding into a bezel decorated with fourteen gold balls, two of them set in granulated wire. Three settings for blue and green glass paste run vertically down the bezel, with a vertical reinforcing band behind.
For the same form, but in a very different technique, see (S1).
A. Gregory (NAU) 1 February 1984.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| <S1> | Publication: Johns, C. and Potter, T.. 1983. The Thetford Treasure. Roman Jewellery and Silver. No 14. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Unknown. 1984. Drawing of a Roman gold finger ring.. Card. 4:1. |
Related records
| 4697 | Related to: Woodcock Hall Iron Age to Roman settlement and Roman forts (Monument) |