Record Details

NHER Number:28293
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman finger ring

Summary

A Roman finger ring, made of silver with a red garnet intaglio.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 91 06
Map Sheet:TF90NW
Parish:ASHILL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

December 1990. Found with metal detecting.
Roman silver finger ring, heavy, D shape, oval red ?garnet intaglio with engraving. No parallel found in BAR 8 (Henig 1978), (S1).
Coroner informed.
D. Gurney (NAU) 7 January 1991.

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

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Gurney, D.. 1991. Sketch of a Roman gem from a silver finger ring.. Paper. 2:1.

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