inlay
- Museum number
- 1880.3884.h
- Description
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Oval, worn, cabochon cut inlay of brown-yellow glass with bubbles; coloured with iron.
- Production date
- 5thC (late) (found with coins of this date)
- Dimensions
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Length: 10 millimetres
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Thickness: 4 millimetres
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Width: 8 millimetres
- Curator's comments
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From relic deposits 'Box 6', tray South Kensington Museum no.1077/India Museum no.53, for details see 1880.3884.g. British Museum Research Laboratory no.7277-9-Q: analysed by L. Joyner in 2002 using a Raman microscope Nd:YAG green laser (532 nm); and by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry to determine its chemical composition. It has a typical Roman glass composition, being a soda lime silica glass coloured by iron.
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E. Errington: In addition to the glass beads opacified using tin and datable to the 4th century or later, the Hadda Stupa 10 relic deposit also seems to contain coloured glass cabochons and beads in place of semi-precious stones and ivory beads common at the earlier sites. See also 1880.3886.d.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Chipped with worn, pitted surface.
- Acquisition date
- 1880
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1880.3884.h
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1077 (South Kensington Museum no.)
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Miscellaneous number: 53 (India Museum no.)
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Miscellaneous number: 7277-9-Q (British Museum Research lab. no.)