Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Roman melon bead
Melon bead of blue glass. Late 1st century A.D.
Melon beads are ‘gadrooned’ – decorated with parallel vertical ribs, giving the bead the appearance of a melon.
Gadrooning can be created by running a curved tool down the side of the glass before it’s cooled. Some melon beads may have been created by pouring glass into a mould.
Pwnc
Archeoleg a Nwmismateg
Rhif yr Eitem
32.60/12.1
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Prysg Field, Caerleon
Cyfeirnod Grid: ST 33 91
Dull Casglu: excavation
Dyddiad: 1927-1929
Mesuriadau
thickness / mm:11.0
external diameter / mm:20.0
diameter / mm
internal diameter / mm:9.0
diameter / mm
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