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Description: | A barrel-shaped bead made from sheet metal with a simple unsoldered longitudinal join. The hollow centre of the bead is filled with soil, with a short segment of sub-circular sectioned bent gold wire protruding from one end. The bead is decorated with three ridges flanked by pairs of ribs; another rib marks each of the open ends No exact parallel has been found.Gold beads are known in the British and Irish Bronze Age but these are usually biconical or tubular and the very high copper content argues against a Bronze Age date. Date: Unknown, but over 300 years Dimensions: Length 7mm. Diameter at maximum 6.5mm. Diameter of apertures at either end 3.5 - 4mm.Erica Darch
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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