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Summary

Medieval finger-ring
Photographer
Hampshire Cultural Trust, Katie Hinds, 2019-07-15 12:18:13
Title
Medieval finger-ring
Description
English: A late medieval (c.1400-1500) gold finger-ring with a projecting flat, solid, oval bezel and a hoop D-shaped in cross-section (being flat to the inside surface).

The bezel is engraved with the figure of St Christopher walking left through water (denoted by wavy lines), holding a staff in his right hand, carrying Jesus as a child on his back, and holding Jesus' left ankle in his left hand. Jesus holds an orb in his left hand and raises his right hand in blessing. The area around these is cut away and retain traces of a dark material, perhaps enamel inlay. The depiction is longitudinally arranged. To the underside of the bezel is a small nick, apparently relatively recent damage, and some fine scratches.
The hoop is undecorated and widens from 3.2x1.2mm at the centrepoint to 3.7x1.7mm at the shoulder.

The object measures 19.1x18.1mm externally (internal 16.8x15.7mm) and weighs 3.50g. The bezel measures 12.1mm long, 7.2mm wide and 1.3mm thick.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 1400 and 1500
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 962606
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1065180
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1065180/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/962606
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License
Object location51° 20′ 21.48″ N, 1° 30′ 15.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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51°20'21.5"N, 1°30'15.1"W

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current07:06, 12 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 07:06, 12 December 20201,985 × 1,769 (711 KB)FæPortable Antiquities Scheme, HAMP, FindID: 962606-1065180, medieval, page 1774, batch count 5436

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