Accession No
1897.215 D
Description
String of 118 blue glass beads. 21 are spherical; one faceted; the rest are annular.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Morley [vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1897.215 D
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
1897.215 D is marked 97.215 B. It is probable that this marking is incorrect.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
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)
Sarah-Jane Harknett description for 1897.215 A, D: 'A is 68 beads of variegated clay and glass. D is labelled "B", and is 118 beads of blue glass, and some fragments.'
Event Date 20/4/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
String of 118 blue glass beads. 21 are spherical; one faceted; the rest are annular.
Event Date 17/5/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:291777
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