Archaeology — Roman; 250-400
Copper, copper alloy, glass, necklace
Fragments of a necklace; copper alloy links and small glass beads in white, blue and green. Although the beads are all tiny, they are of slightly different shapes - some are more spherical, others have squared sides and one is a minute melon bead. The terminal is silver and decorated with spiral grooving. 91 beads in total: 55 blue glass, 6 white stone, 1 white glass, 1 transluscent, 26 green glass, 2 yellow glass.
Recovered from a child's burial at the eastern Roman cemetery, Mansell Street, London EC1.
- Category:
- Archaeology
- Object ID:
- MSL87[1855]<629>
- Object name:
- copper, copper alloy, glass, necklace
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- Production date:
- Roman; 250-400
- Material:
copper alloy, glass
- Measurements/duration:
- L (circa) 260 mm, T 3 mm (overall)
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- Record quality:
- 80%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Archaeological archive
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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