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BEAD
Unique ID: NLM-90D413
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Sky blue opaque glass with pale internal layering, bead fragment, suggesting an originally spherical form; it is uncertain whether a pit in its fracture surface is related to its perforation or to later heating or damage. The colour is bright but the finish matt. Suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410.
Diameter: 10.2mm, Thickness: 6.8mm, Weight: 0.93gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 6.8 mm
Weight: 0.93 g
Diameter: 10.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th March 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM22309a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Barnetby Le Wold (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0508
Four figure Latitude: 53.558128
Four figure longitude: -0.416356
1:25K map: TA0508
1:10K map: TA00NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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