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2012 T106 Medieval silver finger ring
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The British Museum, Janina Parol, 2014-04-16 11:19:49
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2012 T106 Medieval silver finger ring
Description
English: A medieval finger-ring, broken along the transverse section and much distorted. The ring is roughly triangular in section creating two registers on the outer surface. The upper register is engraved with the words

+IESVS....RENVS

The lower register contains the words

+REX..VDEORVM

Some letters are missing due to the much-abraded surface.

This Latin inscription would translate as: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews

The phrase was used to taunt Christ at the Crucifixion. It was invoked as a remedy for fever in the Middle Ages.

The ring is silver and dates from the fourteenth century.

Dimensions: length 36 mm, width 16 mm.


Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.


J P Robinson

Curator of Medieval Collections

9th August 2012
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 1550 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 488058
Old ref: NARC-53CCC2
Filename: 2012T106view2.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/464873
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/464873/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/488058
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