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Description: | A glass bead. The bead is circular in plan and slightly bi-conical in section. it has a circular piercing and is of equal thickness around its circumference. The glass is translucent and is a pale blue. It is 17.76mm in diameter, 11.54mm thick and weighs 4.53g. The surface of the bead is slightly abraded and scratched. Glass beads found out of context are often difficult to date with any accuracy, due to their simple form. However, this bead is likely to date from the Roman to Early Medieval period. | 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: | 43
1066 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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