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BEAD
Unique ID: YORYM-3AE8D1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete glass bead of uncertain date. The bead is circular in plan with a slightly off-central circular perforation. The glass is a dark blue colour. There is a chip and scratch on the outer edge.
The bead is 9.8mm in diameter, 4.6mm thick and weighs 0.5g. The perforation is 4.7mm in diameter.
Glass beads are very difficult to date with any certainty. They are often thought to be Roman in date though blue glass beads were commonly used in spangles on lace making bobbins in the 19th century. Due to a lack of contextual evidence and any diagnostic features it is not possible to date this object any more closely and it could be Roman through to modern in date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 0.5 g
Diameter: 9.8 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05724
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Skirpenbeck (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7256
Four figure Latitude: 53.99502997
Four figure longitude: -0.90322639
1:25K map: SE7256
1:10K map: SE75NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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