Accession No

Z 16189 C


Description

Dark, blue glass, oblate bead with a slightly raised, white zig-zag pattern.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Burwell


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 16189 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Glass


Local Term


Measurements

14mm


Events

Context (References)
For photocopies of Lethbridge’s Burwell excavation notes, drawings, etc. see WO8/1/1 in Archive.
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1931). ‘Recent excavations in Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.’ Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, n.s. 3. pp. 47-70

Event Date 1931
Author: Sam Daisley


Context (Field collection)
Anglo Saxon cemetery, Grave 129
Excavated by: T.C. Lethbridge, 1929
Event Date 14/8/1987
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
'Dark blue glass bead with white zig-zag pattern. J.Somerville 8/5/2001.'
Event Date 14/8/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Dark, blue glass, oblate bead with a slightly raised, white zig-zag pattern.
Event Date 19/4/2021
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:19465

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