Accession No
1950.24 B.6-8
Description
Three glass beads fused to fragments of human bone. One bead is comprised of two beads fused together.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.24 B.6-8; 49 A 13 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass; Bone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Fused bead.
Event Date
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Eight beads were found in total (see 1950.24 B.1-5).
Event Date
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Context (Field collection)
Pagan Saxon cemetery
Event Date
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in 1950.24 A.
Event Date
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1951). ‘A Cemetery at Lackford, Suffolk: Report of the Excavation of a Cemetery of the Pagan Anglo-Saxon Period in 1947.' Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, 6.
Event Date 1951
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: '8 fragments found, two of which have bone fused to them.'
Event Date 4/6/2001
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Description (Physical description)
Three glass beads fused to fragments of human bone. One bead is comprised of two beads fused together.
Event Date 24/09/2020
Author: Jazmin Hundal
FM:287847
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