NMS Archaeology Object 132063: X.EQ 603 - Bead / fragment
Description
Summary
Fragments of jet bead from Durie, Scoonie, Fife
Accession Number
X.EQ 603
Other references
None
Original description
GRAVES: Fragments of jet barrel bead, found in a cist at Durie,Scoonie, Fife. T. Cowie note, September 2006: Fusiform bead from the 1944 investigations. Supplementary information from Alison Sheridan (see Lewis and Terry 2003): This bead, which was already in fragments when it joined the National collections in the 1940s or ‘50s (Registration no NMS X.EQ 603), is 13mm long and of a slender fusiform shape. It is black, polished to a medium sheen, and has broken with the conchoidal fracture pattern that is characteristic of jet. To verify its material, the bead was compositionally analysed by Dr Kathy Eremin (NMS C and AR Department), using XRF. The results indicate a composition closely comparable with that of Whitby jet and suggest that the bead (or rather the necklace of which the bead had been a component) had originally been imported from Yorkshire (see Sheridan and Davis 2002 for other examples of Whitby jet objects found in Scotland). Dimensions: length: 13mm. Context: Cist L? – thought to be the cist excavated in 1944.
Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)
None
Discovery / field collection
Date of discovery
Not recorded
Method (e.g. excavation)
Not recorded
Place (i.e. location of discovery)
Durie, Scoonie, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe
Grid reference
Not recorded
Acquisition
Acquisition date
1950
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Not recorded
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Donor
Image
None
Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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Canmore Site Id: 31321 | SILLERHOLE, CARAVAN PARK - SCOONIE (KIRKCALDY) - CEMETERY (PREHISTORIC), CIST(S) (BRONZE AGE), CREMATION (PREHISTORIC), HUMAN REMAINS (PREHISTORIC), BEAD (JADE )(PREHISTORIC), BLADE (STONE)(PREHISTORIC), FOOD VESSEL (BRONZE AGE) | Possible | general data matches, very basic description of item |
NMS Accession Number: X.EQ 603 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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