Record ID: SF-FFF828
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman faience 'melon' bead. It is cylindrical in shape with rounded edges to both faces. Parallel, deep, transverse grooves are positioned around the sides. A circular hole, c.11mm in diameter, runs through the middle, slightly off centre. It has a dark greenish-yellow patina.  See Guido (1978, 100, Types 21 and 22) and Crummy (1983, fig. 32.520-1). Worrell (2015) suggests a 1st to 2nd century date for most. Length: 50.04mm, width: 20.38mm, thickness: 5.66mm, weight: 8.55g
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7240
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Melon bead made from faience. A melon bead is a globular bead, usually quite large, with grooves around the outside running parallel to the perforation. Faience is a little like glass - it is a mix of soda, lime and quartz - and it has a surface glaze. Here the core is a matt opaque dirty white colour, and there are fragments of a bright blue, almost turquoise glaze surviving in eight of the 21 grooves. The bead is slightly irregular; its dimensions are 22-24 mm in diameter, 18 mm long parallel to the perforation, perforation 8-9 mm in diameter. Faience is a very ancient invention and…
Created on: Friday 26th October 2001
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'EDWARDSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.