Accession No
1932.725
Description
String of Beads Bead - String of beads, two stone, the rest glass including large melon (pale blue) - probably Roman? Crumb beads, flush. Patterns made by pressing an irregular thread of red and white into a red background. Double wave beads, 1 yellow on red and 2 white on red very corroded and 3 white on black. One bead with four definite blue spots on black base (?Roman). This bead is very similar to specimens from Icklingham 400 AD. Numerous medium size beads with horned eyes. One bead like Merovingian
Place
Europe; Hungary
Period
Roman Avar 600-800 AD
Source
National Museum of Hungary, Budapest
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1932.725
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Bead from this string now on 1947.2021
Event Date 4/6/1992
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
String of beads, two stone, the rest glass including large melon (pale blue) - probably Roman? Crumb beads, flush. Patterns made by pressing an irregular thread of red and white into a red background. Double wave beads, 1 yellow on red and 2 white on red very corroded and 3 white on black. One bead with four definite blue spots on black base (?Roman). This bead is very similar to specimens from Icklingham 400 AD. Numerous medium size beads with horned eyes. One bead like Merovingian
Event Date 4/6/1992
Author: maa
FM:49989
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