Accession No
1952.6
Description
String of nine beads; three amber beads of varying sizes, two annular beads of blue glass, two annular yellow beads, one neutral toned bead and one square green glass bead decorated with red and yellow inlay.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Curwen, E. Cecil
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1952.6
Cultural Affliation
Material
Amber; Glass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
The card has the following entry: "These may be from the same grave as 1952.7-9, but it is not certain. From Saxon grave, Cambridge"
Collected by: Dr. Eliot Curven in 1886
Event Date 1886
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
3 amber beads, 2 blue glass, 1 opaque-yellow glass bead, 1 opaque-green glass bead, 1 square green-yellow and red glass and 1 of uncertain colour.
Event Date 8/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
String of nine beads; three amber beads of varying sizes, two annular beads of blue glass, two annular yellow beads, one neutral toned bead and one square green glass bead decorated with red and yellow inlay.
Event Date 12/5/2021
Author: Sam Daisley
FM:8936
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