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Description: | A copper alloy probable bead of uncertain date. The bead is circular in plan and trinagular in cross section with a flat inner side central ridge running around the outer side. A break at one point indicates where two ends of a rod were hammered around and butted together to form the bead. It measures 17.5mm in external diameter, 9.2mm in internal diameter, and a maximum of 7.7mm wide by 4.6mm thick; it weighs 7.60g. Simple copper alloy beads of this type were popular from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period. SWYOR-761CA0 anf SUSS-1090B1 on this database are similar. It is also possible that this object is not a bead, especially given that the join is rather crude. It could be a loop from a strap fitting or a strap junction similar to that in BH-3A4115 which is dated to the Medieval period, it is particularly similar to the loop of the split pin on that example.
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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