Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Katie Hinds, 2012-09-18 16:10:55
Title
Early Early-Medieval bead
Description
English: A probably Early Early-Medieval (c.400-600) opaque polychrome glass bead, conical in shape with a pronounced mid-rib around the centre. It is now a turquoise blue in colour with a possibly originally red contrasting colour in spiral trails around. Measures 6.68mm in length, max.7.45mm in diameter (min.c.5mm at either end) and weighs 0.38g. The central piercing is c.3mm in diameter.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date
between 400 and 600
Accession number
FindID: 521064 Old ref: WILT-88EB56 Filename: WILT-88EB56.jpg
Credit line
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
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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