Accession No
Z 27384 C
Description
A plano-convex shell button or gaming piece. Two drilled perforations on reverse, one broken through. One edge broken away and missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Grange Road; St John’s College Cricket Field cemetery
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
St John’s College, Cambridge [donor]; von Hügel, Anatole [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 27384 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
15mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found 'in an urn'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Shell bead or button. Smooth, rounded obverse; flat reverse with two, roughly square perforations. Broken through one perforation.
Event Date 17/8/2015
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A plano-convex shell button or gaming piece. Two drilled perforations on reverse, one broken through. One edge broken away and missing.
Event Date 4/11/2020
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:268574
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