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BEAD

Unique ID: ESS-E9B635

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Fragment of a fired clay bead of probable Roman date. Its form can not be identified, but is likely to be cylindrical or globular. It is pink/orange in colour. The edges around the perforation are flat. The walls are mostly missing and none of the original surface survives. At one end the perforation is circular, on the other it is oblong. It is 5.9mm long, with a diameter of 6.8mm and the perforation has a diameter of 2.4-3.5mm. It weighs 0.18g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 5.9 mm
Weight: 0.18 g
Diameter: 6.8 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: ID 3356

Materials and construction

Primary material: Ceramic
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Castle Point (District)
To be known as: Canvey Island

Spatial coordinates

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

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
Discovery circumstances: Part of a collection discovered over some 30 years
General landuse: Coastland
Specific landuse: Inter-tidal

References cited

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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