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Roman faience melon bead
Complete. Dark blue surface, well preserved except at ends and maximum width. Twenty-one grooves, uneven length and spacing. Worn, especially round perforation.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.11H
Find Information
Site Name: Usk, Monmouthshire
Grid Reference: SO 3775 0049
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1974
Notes: Fort ditch, early second century (Manning 1989, 177)
Measurements
height / mm:17 - 18
maximum diameter / mm:21
diameter / mm
diameter / mm:8 [of perforation]
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