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BEAD
Unique ID: WAW-9B3306
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete glass bead probably dating to the Roman period, circa AD50-400. The bead has an irregular form which is sub oval in plan and sub rectangular in section. The upper and lower faces of the bead are flat with a moulded cross-hatched decoration. The sides of the bead are smooth and rounded. It has a centrally located longitudinal perforation with parallel sides. The perforation is sub oval and has an approximate maximum diameter of 4.3mm. The bead has an even mid blue colour with shiny surfaces. One side of the perforation is cracked and there is some light scratches on the surface of the bead. The damage is not new and was probably caused by movement in the plough soil. This bead is from a collection of light blue, mid blue and white mostly glass beads found in the same field. Unlike the other beads from this assemblage which have a more conventional spherical form, no comparison was found for this bead at the time of writing. This bead, and the other beads in the collection, are dated as probably Roman owing to other Roman objects having been retrieved nearby. However, the bead cannot be dated with certainty.
Length: 19.47mm. Width: 17.49mm. Thickness: 7.49mm. Weight: 3.18g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
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
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.47 mm
Width: 17.49 mm
Thickness: 7.49 mm
Weight: 3.18 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Sunday 19th May 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 10
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Bromsgrove (District)
Parish or ward: Hagley (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
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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