Record ID: KENT-989C9C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete and marginally worn wound glass bead of likely early Early-Medieval date c.450-700. Description: The bead is of annular form with even thickness and perforation for out. The matrix of the glass is a light translucent green-yellow colour. It is decorated with opaque yellow-white coloured glass. The trailing is heavily embedded into the matrix and has only come away leaving a concave dimple in surface of the bead in a few spots. The trailing is however quite worn around the widest edge of the bead and this is likely to have occurred during antiquity. Measurements: …
Created on: Friday 1st September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.