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Unique ID: WAW-99CC12
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete glass bead probably dating to the Roman period, circa AD50-400. The bead is broadly spherical with both sides flattening around the perforation. The bead is white but slightly translucent. It has a centrally located longitudinal perforation with parallel sides. The perforation has an approximate diameter of 3.7mm. The bead is in good condition with some surface scratches probably caused by movement in the plough soil and some abrasion around the perforation probably as a result of wear. The damage is not new. This bead is one of a collection of light blue, mid blue and white mostly glass beads found in the same field. The bead is dated as probably Roman owing to other Roman finds retrieved from nearby. However, beads of this style were used from the Iron Age to at least the Medieval periods and cannot be dated with certainty.
Diameter: 11.53mm. Height: 9.94mm. Weight: 1.69g
Comparable beads are recorded in Ellis: 2000, p185, fig 4.47.
Ref: Ellis, P., The Roman Baths and Macellum at Wroxeter: Excavations by Graham Webster 1955-85. English Heritage. 2000
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 400
Quantity: 1
Height: 9.94 mm
Weight: 1.69 g
Diameter: 11.53 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Sunday 19th May 2013
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Other reference: 13
4 Figure: SO9282
Four figure Latitude: 52.43591399
Four figure longitude: -2.11910216
1:25K map: SO9282
1:10K map: SO98SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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