Accession No
1897.215 B
Description
A string of small amber beads and long cylinders of blue glass.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Morley [vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1897.215 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1897.215 A-F: '[A] a string of eleven beautiful beads, cylindrical, oblong and spherical of variegated clay and glass; [B] a string of small amber beads and long cylinders of blue glass; [C] amber, yellow clay and glass; [D] blue glass (flat rings); [E] a single bead of amber, square sided; and [F] one flat of jet with two perforations.'
Event Date 1897
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Field collection)
Lakenheath Suffolk August 1897. From same burial field as 1899 nos. 84 onwards
Event Date 8/1897
Author: Lily Stancliffe
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: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
A string of small amber beads and long cylinders of blue glass.
Event Date 17/5/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:291775
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