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# Bead

Tiny rectangular polished stone bead (probably discoloured pyrite?), pierced twice through diagonally opposite corners; broken across the two remaining corners.

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

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3987-e](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1880-3987-e) · Pramāṇa
