Finger Ring

Name/Title

Finger Ring

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.147

Description

Finger ring of iron, from the Roman site at Newstead, Roxburghshire, 80-180 AD

Style

Roman

Use

Used as both fashion and as a status symbol.

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Ring
Jewellery

Acquisition

Accession

X.FRA735

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Ring, Finger

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

rings (finger jewelry)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

III.15.28

Material

Iron

Color

Granite, Green

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition