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Description: | Glass bead, probably of Roman date, c. mid 1st century AD to late 4th centuryThe bead is of plain annular type and is incomplete, represented by one half (with a diameter of 12.8mm, a thickness of 7.9mm and a weight of 1.2g). The central perforation is circular and parallel sided (with a diameter of 3.6mm). The glass is natural translucent pale green. The surface is abraded and imperfections are evident. The surface along the break is unabraded and suggests a relatively recent break.Crummy (1983, p32) dates plain annular beads excavated at Colchester from the mid 1st to the late 4th century AD.
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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