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Early-medieval : Bead
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Sussex Archaeological Society, Liz Wilson, 2006-06-09 14:52:33
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Early-medieval : Bead
Description
English: A glass bead, possibly dating to the early medieval period -therefore Anglo Saxon. The bead is sub-circular in shape and has a hole through the centre. The bead measures 15.7mm x 7.7mm. It weighs 2.08g.

The bead would have been made by melting glass into a crucible. Then an iron rod would have been used to gather the glass. The glass was then trickled onto the rod, forming the central hole and then it would have been rolled, to smooth the outer surface. The manufacture of glass beads is exampled fully in Leahy (2003) see reference below.

The bead is translucent. The surface of the glass is slightly worn. It is a light greyish-blue colour.
Depicted place (County of findspot) West Sussex
Date between 410 and 1066
Accession number
FindID: 134694
Old ref: SUSS-99DA67
Filename: 1-152b.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/104793
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/104793/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/134694
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