Accession No
Z 16036 B
Description
53 amber beads, strung together. 43 are small, and a mixture of spherical, barrel, and irregular shapes. Ten are larger, nine of which are irregular cylinder disc shaped, and the last of which us an irregular tabular shape.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
?Cambridge Antiquarian Society
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16036 B; MAA: ?1899.85 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Amber
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found: Neighbourhood of Lakenheath
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Context (References)
West, Stanley. (1998). A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk. East Anglian Archaeology, EAA 84. pp. 73-80
Event Date 1998
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett's description for Z 16036[A-F]: 'Five strings of beads found consisting of 95 beads, 53 beads, 76 beads, 52 beads and 66 beads. Also 19 loose beads, and two fragments'.
Event Date 20/4/2001
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Description (Physical description)
53 amber beads, strung together. 43 are small, and a mixture of spherical, barrel, and irregular shapes. Ten are larger, nine of which are irregular cylinder disc shaped, and the last of which us an irregular tabular shape.
Event Date 17/5/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:291759
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