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Roman melon bead
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Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2004-10-14 10:21:55
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Roman melon bead
Description
English: A complete faience melon bead. The external surface is buff coloured, with no trace of the glaze surviving. There are fourteen vertical and diagonal grooves, mostly of uneven length. The diameter of the bead is uneven, 17.3-20mm and there is a 'bulge' at one side. The perforation, which has a diameter of 8mm, is slightly off-centre. It weighs 3.38g and is 11.7-14.7 high.

This type of bead was in use during the 1st and 2nd centuries, being most common in the 1st century, particularly on military sites. Early finds come from Neronian contexts at Camulodunum (Harden 1947, 307 no. 3). Faience melon beads were produced in a wide range of sizes and have wide perforations and convex profile with vertical or slightly diagonal grooves scored into the outside surface. They were produced in a wide range of blue shades ranging from turquoise to bright blue with a buff/greyish core. It is likely that the smaller beads were used in a similar manner to other beads as a form of personal adornment, although the larger faience and glass melon beads may have been impractical to wear, particularly around the neck.Other examples can be seen in Crummy 1983, figure 32.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 43 and 200
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FindID: 78022
Old ref: ESS-E4AEC2
Filename: DSCN1678.JPG
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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
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/39109
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/39109/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/78022
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