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Description: | A collection of 88 glass, ceramic, and amber beads from an Anglo-Saxon grave. The beads vary in size and shape, but were probably from one or two necklaces associated with a grave.4 beads are glass. The largest of these is incomplete, but was probably spherical in its original shape. The glass is clear with a smear of blue internally. D=16.63.A tubular bead of dark blue opaque glass. L=18.46; D=3.63; W=0.3g.2 small spherical beads of clear glass that may have silver or gold foil internally. Note that these may actually be two bulbs from one bead, as these occur in the Roman period as a bead with 3 or 4 bulbs. D=4.75; W=0.1g.3 beads are ceramic.The largest is cylindrical with a groove around its circumference about halfway from either end. The groove has traces of yellow enamel, and the bead is red in colour. L=15.35; D=10.91; W=2.9g.2 beads rectangular in plan and square in section of a red colour. L=12.98; D=6.92; W=1.3g.81 beads are amber. These are a variety of shapes: globular, spherical; cuboid; wedge-shaped; and discoidal. The perforations can run lengthwise or widthwise.
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