Accession No

1948.1343


Description

Blue annular glass bead. Chips to surface and outer edge.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1343


Cultural Affliation


Material

Glass


Local Term


Measurements

19mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note found with object reads: 'With sword 1948.1445'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett


Context (Field collection)
Graves 15 & 16, excavated in 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. Pl. XXI No. 15.
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett


Description (CMS Description)
Blue glass, transparent bead
Event Date 31/3/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Blue annular glass bead. Chips to surface and outer edge.
Event Date 4/1/2021
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:15902

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