Accession No

1904.299.3


Description

Half of a ring, possibly made from shale, with a circular cross section and ridges around the inner part of the ring. Possibly a bracelet.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; ?Newmarket Road; Petty Cury


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Freeman, Samuel [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1904.299.3; MAA: AR 1905.347


Cultural Affliation


Material

?Stone; ?Shale


Local Term


Measurements

54mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Accession register for 1904.299[.1-4]: 'A bone whorl decorated with concentric rings d. 1".6, comb with ring and dot decoration, half of a thin bracelet of shale round in section, one white and and three blue glass beads'
Event Date 1904
Author: Emily Shorter


Context (Field collection)
Accession Register has the following entry crossed through: 'Found under the foundations of the old Falcon Inn, Petty Cury, Cambridge July 1904'. Accession Register adds: 'Gravel Pit'. Annual Report reads: 'Found with a skeleton'.
Event Date 07/1904
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
Half of a ring, possibly made from shale, with a circular cross section and ridges around the inner part of the ring. Possibly a bracelet.
Event Date 12/5/2021
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:291619

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