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BEAD
Unique ID: YORYM-5CD697
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy bead of unknown date. The bead consists of a flattish globular body with a small central perforation which goes all the way through.
The preservation of the object is extremely poor, with heavy pitting and corrosion. This has potentially misshapen the bead and obscured any decoration.
The bead is 13.3mm in diameter and weighs 4.5g.
Due to the poor preservation of the bead it cannot be secularly dated. Similar examples (e.g. LVPL-0E2243) have been dated from the Iron Age- Roman period, whilst others e.g. DUR-A64F9A, are attributed to the Early Medieval period.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.5 g
Diameter: 13.3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E06096
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: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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