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Bead of unknown date
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Somerset County Council, Laura Burnett, 2011-12-23 14:20:30
Title
Bead of unknown date
Description
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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 http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/226078 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.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date between 2150 BC and 1500
Accession number
FindID: 478470
Old ref: SOM-0A2781
Filename: SOM-0A2781.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/361573
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/361573/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/478470
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