Casgliadau Arlein

Blue glass bead, flat on one side. Made with blue, white and red-purple glass.

The bead now under consideration is by far the most beautiful of these which have been found here. Its shape approaches that of an oval, flattened on one side; the middle portion is dark-blue or purple; towards each end is a zigzag line of white, beyond which the colour is a deep red; at each end of the bead is a second zigzag line of white, between which and the perforation the colour is green, divided by a smaller indented white line.

Source: Isca Silurum or, An illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Antiquities at Caerleon by John Edward Lee. Caerleon (Wales). Museum of Antiquities; 1862.