Bead
Name/Title
BeadEntry/Object ID
TT0262Description
Blue melon shaped bead.Use
May have been used for personal decorative jewellery. 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.Collection
Trimontium TrustCategory
Jewellery, Bead
Acquisition
Accession
TT0262Source (if not Accessioned)
Walter ElliotNotes
1991Made/Created
Time Period
1st - 2nd centuryEthnography
Cultural Region
Continent
EuropeCulture/Tribe
Romano British