Accession No
Z 16252
Description
Annular wound glass bead of translucent blue glass with opaque white spiral.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Girton; Girton College
Period
Anglo Saxon mid-late 7th century
Source
Girton College, Cambridge [donor]; Jenkinson, Francis John Henry [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16252
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Accession Register notes: 'F. 1881'
Event Date 1881
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Hollingworth, Edith Joan, and Maureen M. O'Reilly. (1925). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Event Date 1925
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Striped, black. Flat
Event Date 15/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Glass cylinder disc bead with swirling blue stripes.
Event Date 19/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Analysis)
Katie Haworth assigned this bead to Brugmann phase B2/C.
Event Date 14/10/2024
Author: Lily Pencliffe
Description (Physical description)
Update provided by Katie Haworth: 'Annular wound glass bead of translucent blue glass with opaque white spiral.'
Event Date 14/10/2024
Author: Lily Pencliffe
FM:9090
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