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Amber bead   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Amber bead
Description
An amber or carnelian bead, apparently perforated from top to bottom an fitted with a metal pin with broad flat base and a smaller flat top. There is a loop at the top. The surface of the bead bears an incised cross with two sets of arms ending with bulbous terminals. The upper arms are shorter than the lower ones.
Date 14th or 15th century AD
Medium Hydrocarbon - Amber
Dimensions H 2
institution QS:P195,Q2659085
Current location
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Accession number
MG 139/115
Object history Photocopy of information card with photocopy of image of a bead.
Credit line Hunt Museum
Source https://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/amber-bead/
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(Reusing this file)		 Public Domain via Hunt Museum

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