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Description: | Cast copper alloy bead, circular in plan and oval in profile, with a flattened top and bottom. The bead has been drilled once cast, so that it has a central perforation that is circular in plan and an hour-glass shape in profile. The initial aperture is 7 mm in diameter and then it narrows to the inner hole which is 4 mm in diameter. The surface of the bead is slightly pitted and damaged around the edge of the aperture but the general patina is a rich green colour and has survived well.Beads with similar plans and profiles have been recorded on this database as dating from the Iron Age to the Roman period (see for example HAMP-8242B2, HAMP-HHBA62, IOW-7CC9B7). Such an attribution is not inconsistent with similar finds made in the vicinity, such as CORN-0A0AA5. But the recorder cannot find any excavated examples of bronze beads of this shape and size from these periods, when generally glass was used for beads, locally, so perhaps this is a fitting rather than an item of adornment.
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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