Accession No
1950.72 B.3
Description
Melted glass bead or beads, both fused to a piece of human bone. A small fragment of bone has detached but is present.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.72 B.3; UDY 49 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass; Human bone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found: Pagan Saxon Cemetery
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Two fused or melted beads found together (1950.72 B.2 and 1950.72 B.3).
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin
Description (Physical description)
Fused beads
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found inside 1950.72 A
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin
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: 'Fused with a piece of bone [1950.72 B.3]. Two pieces found'
Event Date 4/6/2001
Author: Eleanor Beestin
Description (Physical description)
Melted glass bead or beads, both fused to a piece of human bone. A small fragment of bone has detached but is present.
Event Date 24/9/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin
FM:287849
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