Accession No
1904.299.4
Description
Four glass beads: three blue oblate beads and one white oblate bead. One blue bead now in three fragments.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; ?Newmarket Road; Petty Cury
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Freeman, Samuel [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1904.299.4; MAA: AR 1905.347
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass
Local Term
Measurements
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)
Sarah-Jane Harknett for 1904.299[.1-4]: 'Comb has one iron rivet still present. One blue glass bead is broken into three pieces.'
Event Date 30/4/2001
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
Four glass beads: three blue oblate beads and one white oblate bead. One blue bead now in three fragments.
Event Date 12/5/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:291620
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