Accession No

1948.1339 B


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 B


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 1852
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Silver ring of semi-circular cross-section.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:15897

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