File:230245. Possible Medieval bead made of a fish vertebra. (FindID 269370).jpg

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230245. Possible Medieval bead made of a fish vertebra.
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Somerset County Council, Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen, 2009-09-17 21:16:56
Title
230245. Possible Medieval bead made of a fish vertebra.
Description
English: A fish vertebra with a large central hole. Fish vertebrae often have natural holes at the centre, however this is larger than is usually seen and may have been purposely made. A possible bead. There is some evidence of fish bones being used as rosary beads in the medieval period (Stallibrass, S, 2002, "The possible use of fish and cattle bones as rorary beads" Finds Research Group Datsheet 29 Date: Possibly Medieval to Post medieval
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 1400 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 269370
Old ref: DOR-230245
Filename: 230245.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/222064
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/222064/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/269370
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