|
Date: |
|
Description: | Early medieval (probably) jet bead. Polyhedral - roughly square bead with facetted corners. Four of the six large diamond-shaped faces bear decoration of a central double ring-and-dot (i.e. two rings around the dot), with four evenly spaced ring-and-dots around, which just touch the outer ring of the central motif, and together form a diamond pattern mirroring the shape of the face. The remaining two opposed large diamond-shaped faces are undeocrated and perforated to take the chord/wire this bead would have been threaded onto; the cylindrical perforation does not taper. There is no trace, in or around the perforation, of the chord/wire that this would have been threaded onto - implying this would have been organic rather than metal. Each of the eight triangular corner facets is decorated with a single ring-and-dot. Fine shiny black jet with smooth surfaces. Length (across perforated faces) 11.15mm, width 12.64mm, thickness 12.03mm, internal diameter of perforation 4.5mm, weight 1.47g.
Roman or Early Medieval - parallel not yet found. | Subjects: | jet | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BEAD
Early medieval (probably) jet bead.…
-
Pin
A facetted pin head and…
-
PIN
A facetted pin head and…
-
PIN
A facetted pin head and…
-
Bead
A Roman heart-shaped jet bead.…
-
PIN
Cast copper alloy multi-faceted pin…
-
MOUNT
A copper alloy mount with…
-
-
PIN
The heads of two pins,…
-
Pin
The heads of two pins,…
|