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Early Medieval glass bead
Gilded colourless, segmented: wire-wound, showing knocked-ends; four spherical segments. Coptic.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
62.203/G.207
Find Information
Site Name: Dinas Powis, Vale of Glamorgan
Grid Reference: ST 148 722
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1954-1958
Notes: Section 1; Cut IV; Layer (12); C/D C: Black, usually greasy soil, with small angular rubble; much bone, charcoal flecking; rich in finds. D: Large, often slabby stones, with smaller stones interspersed; dark humus-soil; relatively few bones or finds.
Acquisition
Donation, 14/6/1962
Measurements
length / mm:10
diameter / mm:3
Material
glass
Techniques
gilded
Location
In store
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