Accession No

TEMP.01279.2


Description

Copper alloy ring; complete, but with a break in the metal. Decorated with linear grooves forming a border around band, and perpendicular to this, sets of parallel incised lines.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Eriswell


Period

?Anglo Saxon Roman


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.01279.2; MAA: ?1901.107


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

26mm


Events

Context (Display)
Old display label found with TEMP.01279.1-2 reads: 'Anglo-Saxon two bronze finger rings Eriswell C.A.S.' In a later hand, it reads: '97.43' [incorrect].
Event Date
Author: Jazmin Hundal


Context (Auction / Sale)
Collected in 1897 bought for 1/- through Francis Jenkinson.
Event Date 1897
Author: Jazmin Hundal


Context (References)
West, Stanley. (1998). A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk. East Anglian Archaeology, EAA 84. pp. 26-28.
Event Date 1998
Author: Jazmin Hundal


Description (Physical description)
Description for TEMP.01279.1-2: 'Found, two complete bronze rings; one with a pattern of incised lines and the other with incised diagonal lines, dots and incomplete circles. Both have breaks in the metal but are complete.'
Event Date 3/4/2001
Author: Jazmin Hundal


Context (Amendments / updates)
Two complete bronze rings were found by the Shorts project in 2001 with 1897.43. They have been assigned TEMP numbers TEMP.01279.1-2.
Event Date 13/5/2021
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy ring; complete, but with a break in the metal. Decorated with linear grooves forming a border around band, and perpendicular to this, sets of parallel incised lines.
Event Date 13/5/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal


FM:291657

Images (Click to view full size):