NMS Archaeology Object 133334: X.FJ 50 - Bead


Description

Summary


Blue-glazed melon bead from Skye, 80 - 200 AD


Accession Number


X.FJ 50


Other references

Not recorded1782

Original description

BEADS, RINGS, &C. OF GLASS. Melon-shaped bead, blue glazed, from Skye.

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)

Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1782

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Reverend Donald Macqueen

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Blue-glazed melon bead from Skye, 80 - 200 AD © National Museums Scotland
Image of Blue-glazed melon bead from Skye, 80 - 200 AD © National Museums Scotland

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