Accession No
1950.140 B.4
Description
A melted glass bead fused with human bone.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.140 B.4; UDY 34 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass; Human bone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Fused glass beads.
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Three beads were found in total (1950.140 B.2 and 1950.140 B.4).
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found inside 1950.140 A.
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
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
Context (CMS Context)
Pagan Saxon cemetery. Collected by: Lethbridge.T.C
Event Date 10/9/1987
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: '3 pieces found, one with bone fused to it.'
Event Date 30/5/2001
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
A melted glass bead fused with human bone.
Event Date 24/9/2020
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:287850
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