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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