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Collection Item: Finger Ring
Basic info
- Collection
- Archaeology
- Object name
- Finger ring
- Object category
- Medieval
- Description
- Decade ring with ten lobes around the ring, and and oval bezel inscribed 'IHC' . This stands for 'Iesus Hominum Salvator', or 'Jesus the Saviour of Man' in Latin. Decade rings were used in the same way as a rosary, with a 'Hail Mary' (Ave Maria) prayer said for each of the lobes, and an 'Our Father' (Paternoster) for the bezel. Small find.
- Production date start
- 1066
- Production date end
- 1540
- Period
- Medieval
Identification
- Object number
- YORYM : 1947.625
- Alternative number
- 47.625
- Number of objects
- 1
- ID
- 12610
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Copper alloy (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Whole diameter 2.2 cm
Production
- Technique
- Cast
