File:BEAD (FindID 882091).jpg

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BEAD
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Somerset County Council, Wil Partridge, 2018-01-08 17:38:26
Title
BEAD
Description
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A blue glass annular bead of uncertain date, potentially Iron Age to early medieval, c. 600 BC - AD 800. The bead is sub-circular in plan and sub-oval in cross section, with an of centre circular perforation. The glass is of an opaque dark blue, containing very abundant air bubbles, some of which break the surface, and with internal spiralling bands of yellow-green colouration visible when viewed under bright light. There is a conchoidal break struck from the perforation on one face.

Dimensions: diameter 22.9mm; diameter of perforation 7.5mm; thickness 11.8mm; weight 7.57g.

The colouration and presence of frequent air bubbles within the fabric of the glass would both suggest that the bead is potentially of some age, and more diagnostic beads of similar glass are dated to the late Iron Age and Roman periods. Guido (1978: 67-68) defines such beads as her type 6(iva), noting that they first appeared in the 6th century BC and continued in use until at least the 8th century AD. She notes that later examples were frequently poorly made, with surface striations that are not visible on this example.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northamptonshire
Date between 600 BC and 800
Accession number
FindID: 882091
Old ref: SOM-396F3D
Filename: SOM396F3D.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/643441
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/643441/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 14 November 2020)
Object location52° 19′ 22.44″ N, 0° 56′ 51.84″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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