Record

CollectionABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object NameBead
301
13
B1a
Object NumberABDUA:15590
Other NumberA382+2
Other Number TypeOld number
PeriodLIA EMED
Brief DescriptionColour, 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
DimensionsDia, 17.5 mm Th, 13 mm
MaterialsGlass
TechniqueMarvered
MakerPicti
Object Production Date100-900
Place KeyEurope, Scotland, North East, Tap, o, Noth Rhynie Aberdeenshire
Field Collector.
Publication NoteGuido 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 SourceFraser, D H
Aquisition Date21/04/1970
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