Bead

Jewelry

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Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Bead

Entry/Object ID

L.2021.170

Description

Blue opaque melon glass bead with pillar moulding.

Style

Roman

Use

May have been used for personal decorative jewellery, such as necklaces or earrings. Melon beads in particular, are found depicted as adornment for horses. They may also have been used by soldiers to secure the straps on their helmets..

Context

From the collection of finds from Edgerston, Roxburghshire

Collection

National Museums Scotland

Category

Bead
Jewellery

Acquisition

Accession

X.HH 832

Source or Donor

National Museums Scotland

Acquisition Method

Loan

Source (if not Accessioned)

National Museums Scotland

Notes

Loan

Made/Created

Time Period

1st - 2nd century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

beads (pierced objects)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Previous Accession Number

Other Number

1972.168

Material

Glass

Color

Blue, Aqua

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Web Links and URLs

NMS Collections

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Edgerston

Exhibition

Permanent Exhibition

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Caption

Label

The range of finds from Edgerston (near Jedburgh) suggests it was a local power centre.