Accession No

1936.837 A


Description

Small silver disc pendant, with the remains of a loop attached on one edge. Decorated with central boss, and small punched dots around the boss, around the edge, and in radial lines. Just less than half of the pendant is missing.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Shudy Camps


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator] 


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1936.837 A; MAA: Z 21277.2


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Silver


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 21277.1-.3: 'String of 7 beads: two yellow, two red and three green glass.
Fragment of disc brooch and small bronze spoon, perforated for suspension, possibly for use with cosmetics'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 21277.2: 'Fragment of bronze disc brooch'
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Context (Field collection)
Found: Grave 55
Excavated by Lethbridge in 1933
Event Date 1933
Author: maa


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1936). A Cemetery At Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire. Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Quarto Publications. New Series, V. Plate: 4F
Event Date 1936
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (Physical description)
Small silver disc pendant, with central boss and punched dots; lower half broken away.
Event Date 1936
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Small silver disc pendant, with the remains of a loop attached on one edge. Decorated with central boss, and small punched dots around the boss, around the edge, and in radial lines. Just less than half of the pendant is missing.
Event Date 13/4/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


FM:19348

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