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BEAD

Unique ID: DENO-943191

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Roman bead; Large turquoise faience 'melon' bead of 1st or 2nd century date. Spherical bead, flattened at top and bottom and pierced through with a large, cylindrical hole. The bead has ridges running from top to bottom and has a pale turquoise-green glaze over its surface. There is a small area chipped away from one end, around the mouth of the hole. Height 14.8mm, diameter (across the middle of the bead) 17.9mm, weight 4.03g

Class: melon

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 199

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 14.8 mm
Width: 17.9 mm
Weight: 4.03 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1987

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: DERBY E5688

Materials and construction

Primary material: Faience
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Cromwell (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK8062
Four figure Latitude: 53.149142
Four figure longitude: -0.805274
1:25K map: SK8062
1:10K map: SK86SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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