Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
Object Name | Bead |
301 |
13 |
B1a |
Object Number | ABDUA:15590 |
Other Number | A382+2 |
Other Number Type | Old number |
Period | LIA EMED |
Brief Description | Colour, black with yellow spirals Shape, bun-shaped Found near the Vitrified Fort on the Tap o' Noth at Rhynie, Aberdeenshire by the owner of the land, who gave them to Mr Fraser' Type, North Scottish spiral-decorated bead (Guido 1978, Class 13Ralston |
Dimensions | Dia, 17.5 mm Th, 13 mm |
Materials | Glass |
Technique | Marvered |
Maker | Picti |
Object Production Date | 100-900 |
Place Key | Europe, Scotland, North East, Tap, o, Noth Rhynie Aberdeenshire |
Field Collector | . |
Publication Note | Guido M (1978) The Glass Beads of the Prehistoric and Roman periods in Britain and Ireland Res Rep Soc antiq LondRalston I & Inglis J (1984) Foul Hordes the Picts in the North-East and their background University of Aberdeen p53-54 |
Caption | "Pictish bead from the North-East (c2nd cent BC - c6th cent AD)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East |
Aquisition Source | Fraser, D H |
Aquisition Date | 21/04/1970 |