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English: A copper-alloy finger-ring which has been adapted from a Roman bracelet. The ring is open-ended, with a gap of less than 1mm separating the two vertical ends. The object has been made from a broad, parallel-sided bracelet of thin section. One of the ends of the ring represents the original terminal of the bracelet. This terminal bears a vertical band of punched ring-and-dot marks; either side of this is a border of punched marks with a flanking groove on each side. The remainder of the ring/bracelet has a horizontal central band of grooves, some overlain with punched marks. The bands above and below are undecorated but each contains a broad horizontal groove. A number of crudely scratched grooves within the terminal section of the original bracelet represents an attempt to continue the central pattern across the whole ring, disguising the existence of the terminal section. The ring has a dark orangey-brown surface and survives in good condition. The ring measures 20.9mm in diameter, 16.4mm high and 1.1mm thick. The weight is 10.95g. Evidence from excavations suggests that broad, flat bracelets of this form are a product of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD (see, for example, Stead and Rigby 1986: 125). This ring, however, may have been created later in the Roman period, or it may even date from the Early-Medieval period.