Object: Bead
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Worthing Museum, L44/4
Site: England,Sussex (West),Sompting,Stump Bottom
Parish: Sompting
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TQ 151 088
Year of discovery: NA
Thickness (mm): 16
Surface: Where intact, a dull yellow-brown smooth by dry surface with small cracks; yello-white similar surface inside perforation; chipped parts of surface glassy vermillion.
Composition: Amber
Associations: 1b. Hoard
Description: Dimensions: max E. d. 28.2mm; bore of perforation 2.5; t (max) 15.5; max d. at entrance to perforation 3.5,Typology: biconic profile with sub-tri shape, each face tending to have three facets,Manufacture: perforation almost cylindrical - very slight widening at ends, perhaps a little skew.,Condition: 2 edges virtually intact - apex between little damaged, as also third edge and bordering apexes - all suffering from flaking of adjacent faces.
Remarks: Label/Markings: white ink: 'L44/4',PIF; AFI; DF(C); SI; CI; Rec. SN Oct. 79; Source: MV