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BEAD

Unique ID: NMS-1E51AD

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Fragment of Roman faiance melon bead dating to the period c. AD 43 - 200. Bright blue with buff/grey core. Seven surviving, slightly curved vertical grooves. Slightly worn at perforation and across exterior surface. The interior surface exhibits a series of concentric grooves.

Worrell (2015) states that faiance melon beads "...are common finds on most Roman sites, although normally their occurrence is restricted to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. They are unknown in the Late Iron Age period. A description is provided in Guido (1978, 100, types 21 and 22) and also in Crummy (1983, fig. 32.520-1)."

See: Worrell, S. 2015, Glass beads, in M. Atkinson and S.J. Preston Heybridge: A Late Iron Age and Roman Settlement, Excavations at Elms Farm 1993-5, Internet Archaeology 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.11141/ia.40.1.worrell

Finder's ref: 18.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 43
Date to: Exactly AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Height: 18.6 mm
Width: 20.5 mm
Thickness: 7.1 mm
Weight: 3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2017 - Tuesday 31st October 2017

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 62271
Other reference: IND15022018JS

Materials and construction

Primary material: Faience
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
To be known as: Sporle with Palgrave

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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