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Description: | Cast copper alloy bead from a torc. In plan this is quatrefoil with each arm cast into a rounded rhombus shape when viewed from the side. Only one arm is decorated, this has liner striations on the forward edge, that are held within a linear boarder, this arm is slightly longer than the rest. The remaining three arms are shorter with no decoration, this is similar to a beaded torc found at Hyndford Crannog in Lanarkshire, whilst the backs were plain and smooth the front was cast to look like roman 'melon beads', the individual cast segments ere then strung on an iron rod (see museum of Scotland website, Piece of a Bronze and Iron Neck Ring (accessed on 12.09.11) http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-100-043-292-C)The bead has a central square hole for the rod. Length 28 mm, width 26, thickness 8.5mm, weight 28.38g.Beaded torcs such as this date from 0 to 150 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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