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BEAD

Unique ID: LIN-906401

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Roman melon bead made of green glass (circa AD 50- AD 200). A hole passes through the centre. The object was found on a field that has produced material suggestive of a sixth century Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery, and so it is possible that this bead was reused in the 6th century.

Class: Melon

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 7 mm
Diameter: 13 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Glass
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Nettleham

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: LIN
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

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