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BEAD
Unique ID: YORYM-EC2246
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete glass bead of uncertain date. The bead is circular in plan with a central circular perforation. The glass is a light blue colour and survives in good condition with only a few small scratches.
The bead is 9.7mm in diameter, 7.2mm thick and weighs 1.3g.
Glass beads are very difficult to date with any certainty therefore due to a lack of contextual evidence and any diagnostic features it is not possible to date this object any more closely and it could be Roman through to modern in date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MODERN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 7.2 mm
Weight: 1.3 g
Diameter: 9.7 mm
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bridlington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA1769
Four figure Latitude: 54.103592
Four figure longitude: -0.212102
1:25K map: TA1769
1:10K map: TA16NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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