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Roman melon bead
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Derby Museums Trust, Anja Rohde, 2007-09-13 16:21:39
Title
Roman melon bead
Description
English: Roman bead; Large turquoise faience 'melon' bead of 1st or 2nd century date. Spherical bead, flattened at top and bottom and pierced through with a large, cylindrical hole. The bead has ridges running from top to bottom and has a pale turquoise-green glaze over its surface. There is a small area chipped away from one end, around the mouth of the hole. Height 14.8mm, diameter (across the middle of the bead) 17.9mm, weight 4.03g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Nottinghamshire
Date between 43 and 199
Accession number
FindID: 193344
Old ref: DENO-943191
Filename: E5688 melon bead.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/150020
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/150020
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/193344
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Object location53° 08′ 51″ N, 0° 48′ 47.37″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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