Record ID: PAS-5192D6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A faceted Late Roman copper-alloy octagonal bead. The bead is octagonal in cross-section, expanding toward the centre and narrowing toward the ends. It has a fairly even grey-green patina. It measures 25.9mm long and up to 8.8mm wide. It is 1.2mm thick and weighs 4.52g. The object is similar in form to the object recorded as NCL-DF1D13 on this database. For beads of octagonal cross-section see Crummy (1983, 34; nos. 1444-1446).
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th February 2015
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