Accession No
Z 16036 F.1-20
Description
20 loose amber beads. 18 are irregular cylinder disc shaped; the other two are small barrel shaped, and one of these has broken into two fragments.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
?Cambridge Antiquarian Society
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16036 F.1-20; 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)
20 loose amber beads. 18 are irregular cylinder disc shaped; the other two are small barrel shaped, and one of these has broken into two fragments.
Event Date 17/5/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:291763
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