Finger-ring, openwork bezel filled with animal heads
On displayDetails
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Title
Finger-ring, openwork bezel filled with animal heads
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Associated place
Dorchester (find spot) -
Date
750 - 850 AD
Middle Anglo-Saxon Period (Britain) (AD 650 - 850) -
Material and technique
gold
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Material index
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Object type
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Dimensions
2.4 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1930.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 41 | England 400 - 1600 -
Museum department
Antiquities
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Accession no.
AN1930.638
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Further reading
Scarisbrick, Diana and Taylor, Gerald, Finger rings from Egypt to the present day (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1978), no.227, p.44, illus. p.44
Reference URL
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