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Class
- Costume Element
Material
- Bronze
- Glass and Glass Paste

DefinitionRing
MaterialBronze, glass, gold foil, purple and white glass
DimensionsHoop diam. 22 mm, th. 2 mm. Square bezel, 7 x 7 mm., top, 9 x 9 mm., th. 3 mm.
DescriptionRing with gold patination decorated with a line of incised x's. The bevel is square and sloping outward, finished with a slightly convex band. The glass paste is transparent, and through it a bi-coloured band in white and dark bordeaux. On the white ground is a silver sheet cut in a zig-zag pattern.
State of ConservationRestored
ComparandaGangi 1993, 471-472, 48.

Date Range

1200 AD - 1400 AD

Record Details

Area
- Area B/C (Monastery)

Context VM_2211
- Definitionfill of grave of HRU 2210*

Similar Catalogue Entries
- VM_O635

Author of Record
- Archidio Mariani

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Fentress, E., Goodson, C., Maiuro, M., Andrews, M., Dufton, J.A. (eds.) 2016. Villa Magna: an Imperial Estate and its Legacies. Excavations 2006–2010. British School at Rome, Rome.

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