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Description: | A Roman glass annular bead. The bead measures 26 mm in diameter and has a central perforation of 8.5 mm in diameter. It is 15 mm thick. The glass is of a very dark opaque blue, almost black in colour and has further coloured glass applied as decoration. This decoration consists of four unequally spaced ?eyes? of concentric rings, with a white glass outer ring and a deep blue inner ring. There is little regularity in the eyes, with some of them larger than others, and inner rings of different sizes. The rings are spaced around the circumference of the bead.
In the Roman period annular beads tend to be found only in late Roman contexts, chiefly from the very late 4th and early 5th centuries (Swift 2003, 31). However, such beads are known in pre- and post-Roman contexts, and in the early Roman period they are also seen beyond the frontiers of the Empire (Swift 2003, 32). Given that this bead was discovered near a well known Roman site it seems likely that a late Roman date can be attributed. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 375
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Tom Brindle | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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