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Description: | Blue glass bead, of uncertain date, possibly Roman, c. mid 1st century AD to late 4th centuryThe bead is of elongated-spherical form, wider at one end (with a length of 9.0mm and a weight of 1.1g, containing some sediment) and is pale-blue in colour. The faces are convex (giving a maximum diameter of 9.8mm) and the bead has a single, circular perforation, seemingly of uniform diameter (3.4mm diameter). There is a very slight difference in the length and diameter of the bead from one side to the other (7.8mm -9.0mm). The face is somewhat abraded and has slight pitting with encircling marks from its production. Beads are difficult to date out of their archaeological contexts and some forms have little change from the Iron Age to Medieval times and beyond. Blue glass beads were popular during both the late Iron Age and Roman periods.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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