NHER 22033 (Find Spot) - Roman gemstones or intaglios

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Summary

Roman gemstones or intaglios with images of Medusa and Julius Caesar, found on Beachamwell Warren in 1892.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish BEACHAMWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

1892. Found on Beachamwell Warren (which occupies almost all of this map).
Two 'handsome stones' sold for half a crown to a Jewish pedlar, [1] suggests 'Jew Pearce' of Swaffham.
'From descriptions I imagine they were intaglios of Medusa and Julius Caesar'. Quoted from
(S1) in (S2), borrowed by A. Rogerson (NAU) 1985.
E. Rose (NAU) 16 December 1985.

  • <S1> Newspaper Article: Nightingale (Lynn Advertiser). 27 November . [unknown].
  • <S2> Unpublished Document: Anonymous. 1914. [unknown].
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • GEMSTONE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Jan 25 2011 12:42PM

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