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BEAD
Unique ID: SF-A62EBC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A bi-conical stone bead of uncertain date.
It has a central circular aperture.
This bead measures 16.25mm in diameter, 20.55mm in height, 7.02g in weight.
There is a similar example recorded on the PAS database (KENT-3704E3).
Dr Kevin Leahy writes: it is likely that this find represent a fossil sponge known as 'porosphaera' which, although used as beads during some periods of the past, are natural in origin.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MODERN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 20.55 mm
Weight: 7.02 g
Diameter: 16.25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Dunwich
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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