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DefinitionRing
MaterialBronze, glass paste, gold leaf
DimensionsHoop: diam. ca. 15 mm, th. / w. ca. 2 mm. Bezel frame: 8 x 6 mm. ht. 4 mm. Ht. with inlay, ca. 6 mm.
DescriptionRing, with a raised oval bezel frame, on a vertical axis to the delicate hoop, holding colored inlay under a convex cap in whitish glass paste. The rim of the bezel is decorated with beading. The ornament pattern is a pale radiate form, which seems to be made of gold leaf, upon a darker ground. It may be a flower? with 7-9 petals; it is not a star because the radiate forms are too irregular in contour.
State of ConservationCorrosion on all metal surfaces.
ComparandaDi Gangi 1993, 471-472 n. 47.

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Context VM_3062
- DefinitionStrato di terra marrone scuro mescolata a pietrisco di picole/medie dimensione che riempie il taglio 3063 lungo lato sud della cappella