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

DefinitionRing
MaterialBronze, glass, gold leaf (?)
DimensionsHoop: diam. 20 mm.; th. 2 mm. Bezel upper, 9 x 9 mm., lower 6 x 6 mm.; ht., 4 mm. 2. Ornament: clear glass cap, th. 2 mm. Colored undersheet, th. .5 mm (ca.)
DescriptionRing with circular band, squared bezel frame flaring upwards shaped from a single piece of bronze. Transparent, slightly convex glass inlay covering a small sheet of blue glass, 4.5 x 4mm, positioned so as to give a turquoise reflection in a bichrome or trichrome pattern. The underside of the cap may preserve traces of gold-leaf from the other color field of the pattern.
State of ConservationRestored.
Comparanda

Date Range

1200 AD - 1300 AD

Record Details

Area
- Area B/C (Monastery)

Context VM_2152
- Definitionfill of tomb of HRU 2150*

Similar Catalogue EntriesNo Linked Records

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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