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# Bead

Three hollow spherical silver beads made of two halves soldered together. One is squashed and misshapen; the other two are fused together with a copper accretion that also contains a short piece of copper alloy wire and a small gold bead.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 450–499 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3980-e](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3980-e) · Pramāṇa
