Accession No
1948.1339 A
Description
Silver ring of semi-circular cross-section.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1339 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Silver
Local Term
Measurements
15mm x 15mm
Events
Context (Other)
The two silver rings (1948.1339 A-B) were, at an unknown date, strung at each end of the string of beads from Grave 10 (1948.1338).
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Other)
Catalogue card: 'When cleaned has turned out to be silver. Neville says that three small rings were found but numbers all these four as from grave 10'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Small ring
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Grave 10, 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: maa
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. (not illustrated)
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Silver ring of semi-circular cross-section.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15896
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