Accession No

Z 16479 C.1


Description

Wound glass beads. One opaque white with transparent blue and opaque red crossing waves and dots. At least three fused together and possibly to another material.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Girton; Girton College


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [donor]; Jenkinson, Francis John Henry [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 16479 C.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Glass


Local Term


Measurements

19mm


Events

Context (Analysis)
Note in Francis Jenkinson's hand reads: 'Knife from no. 20. Comb and tweezers from urn with fused stuff' and in a later hand 'bone needle'.

Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 16479 A-C: 'A: Combs = fragmentary. B. Iron fragments. C. Glass fragments'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 16479 A-[D]: 'Combs & iron fragments & bronze glass frag.'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


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: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (Physical description)
Sarah Jane Harknett's description for Z 16479 C[.1-4]: '2 pieces of glass. Also found - one blue glass bead with white inlay, and several other beads which are fused together.'
Event Date 9/5/2001
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
The note in Jenkinson's hand found with Z 16479 refers to a 'knife', which may actually be the shears (Z 16479 B.3). The 'comb' may be one of Z 16749 A, and the 'fused stuff' could refer to Z 16479 C.1 and/or Z 16479 C.2. The needle is not part of this accession number.
Event Date 1/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (Physical description)
Update provided by Katie Haworth: 'Wound glass beads. One opaque white with transparent blue and opaque red crossing waves and dots. At least three fused together and possibly to another material.'
Event Date 14/10/2024
Author: Lily Pencliffe


FM:9155

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