Context (References)
Historic England, Pastscapes, Monument No. 375118. http://pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=375118 [accessed 10/11/2016].

Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Field collection)
Found: Found in fields near Stretham
Collected by: Stearn
Event Date
Author: maa

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Context (References)
Hilgner, Alexandra. Garnet in Early Medieval England: The meaning, provenance and distribution of garnet decorated objects from the late 5th to the early 8th century. Mainz. (PhD thesis in prep.)
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Greiff, S., Hilgner, A. and Quast, D. (eds). Simply Gold, Simply Red: Results of an International Project on Early Medieval Garnet Jewellery. Mainz: RGZM (in press)
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Loan (Exhibition)
Sutton Hoo Visitor CentreTranmer House, Sutton HooWoodbridge, SuffolkIP12 3DJ 'East Anglia: The LIfe and Death of a Kingdom'. Temporary display for summer 2008 (15 March to mid-September).
Event Date
Author: maa

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Loan (Exhibition)
Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre
Suffolk, temporary exhibition at the Sutton Hoo visitor centre, Suffolk
Event Date
Author: maa

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Context (Related Documents)
There are 3 diagrams on the catalogue card
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1953) 'Jewelled Saxon Pendant from the Isle of Ely' in Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Vol. 46, 1953, pp. 1-3.
Event Date 1953
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Meaney, Audrey. (1964). A Gazetteer of Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites. George Allen and Unwin Ltd: London. p. 64.
Event Date 1964
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Kennet, David H. (1973). ‘Seventh Century Cemeteries in the Ouse Valley’. Bedfordshire Archaeology Journal. vol. 8. pp. 102, 105.

Event Date 1973
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Cra’ster, M.D. (1984). The Cambridge Region and British Archaeology. University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology: Cambridge. Front cover.

Event Date 1984
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
A crystal ring bead is bound with a ring of gold surmounted by a biconical gold loop. A large flat cut amethyst fills the centre of the obverse. 4 cross arms run from the central boss to the outer ring. These are set in cloissonee garnet in small cells, arranged in a herringbone pattern. The lower arm opposite the loop is damaged and 1 or 2 pieces of garnet are missing. The reverse is plain. The loop shows signs of much wear.
Event Date 1/5/1987
Author: maa

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Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Far Fetched Treasures', Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre, March to October 2003.
Event Date 3/2003
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'East Anglia: The Life and Death of a Kingdom', Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre, 15 March to 2 November 2008.
Event Date 15/3/2008
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Analysis)
This object travelled to Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (RGZM), Mainz, Germany in March 2014 as part of a project to analyse the garnets using micro-X-Ray-Fluorescence to determine their source. See loan file for more details.
Event Date 3/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (Analysis)
This object travelled to Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (RGZM), Mainz, Germany in March 2014 as part of a project to analyse the garnets using micro-X-Ray-Fluorescence to determine their source. See loan file for more details.
Event Date 3/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Hilgner, Alexandra. (2016). 'Die frühmittelalterliche "Schlangenkette" von Isenbüttel (Lkr. Gifhorn) und ihre angelsächsischen Vergleichsfunde.' Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, 46(3). Fn 91
Event Date 2016
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Conservation ()
CON.2014.74 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa

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Context (References)
Everson, Paul and Stocker, David. (2022). 'Etheldreda's Inheritance: Contextualising Monasticism in Early Early'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 111. Fig. 6 & Pl. 4
Event Date 2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Cantrell, Catherine. (2022). 'Cratendune: Still a Problem of the Dark Ages? Archaeological Investigations at Bedwell Hey & Ely Fields Farms, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, 2018-2021'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 111. p. 152
Event Date 2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (Analysis)
Alexandra Hilgner (personal communciation) confirms that the garnets included in this pendant are pyropes; more details, including the chemical analysis, will be included in her PhD.
Event Date 22/3/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn