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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