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Bead

Origin

Monte Padrão, Monte Córdova, Santo Tirso.

Material

Glass. Opaque blue glass paste of poor quality, with abundant impurities and air bubbles (7.5PB1/4).

Description

Sub-cylindrical bead of asymmetrical outline. Flattened lower face with irregular resting surface. Central round perforation of irregular profile, off-centre in relation to the axis.

Classification and chronology

Type … / Monte Padrão – Phase IV/VI

Dimensions

Maximum diameter: 13 mm; Maximum height: 10 mm; Perforation diameter: 5 mm.

Deposit

MMAP [PAD. II, X, 990]

Bibli.

SANTARÉM 1954, est. XI, 116; MOREIRA 2005, 39; 2007, 101.