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Bead

Origin

Monte Padrão, Monte Córdova, Santo Tirso.

Material

Glass. Vitreous fabric of turquoise-blue colour (2.5B7/6), opaque, of low quality, with impurities and air bubbles. The surface is corroded and poorly preserved.

Description

Subcylindrical bead of asymmetrical outline, showing deformation and manufacturing defects. It likely bore decoration consisting of vertical ribs produced by hot moulding under compression. The lower face is slightly flattened. The perforation, of oval profile, is off-centre relative to the axis of the piece.

Classification and chronology

Type … / Monte Padrão - Phase VI/VIIa

Dimensions

Maximum diameter: 18 mm; Maximum height: 14 mm; Maximum diameter of perforation: 6 mm.

Deposit

MMAP [PAD. 04, B1 (K33.01), op. 35]

Bibli.

MOREIRA 2005, 39; 2007, 101.