Accession No
1936.837 C.1-7
Description
A string of seven glass beads. Three are green; one barrel, one biconical, one annular. Two are yellow biconical, the remaining two are red biconical.
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 C.1-7; MAA: Z 21277.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1936.837 C.1-7 and 1936.837 C.8: 'String of biconical beads: two red, two yellow, and four green'.
Event Date
Author: maa
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 21277.1: 'String of 7 beads: two yellow, two red and three green glass'.
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
Context (References)
Brugmann, Birte. (2004). Glass beads from Early Anglo-Saxon Graves. Oxford: Oxbow Books
Event Date 2004
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Found together / assemblage)
The eight beads found by Lethbridge in grave 55 have become separated. Seven of them are mounted on perspex together, along with other items from grave 55. The remaining bead (1936.837 C.8) has been mounted on a different piece of perspex, along with a yellow bead (1936.836 D) from grave 48.
Event Date 13/4/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Description (Physical description)
A string of seven glass beads. Three are green; one barrel, one biconical, one annular. Two are yellow biconical, the remaining two are red biconical.
Event Date 13/4/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:19350
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