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bead
Object Type
bead
Museum number
1879,0524.89
Description
Fifty eight beads, including five chalk, three amethyst, two glass blue barrels with red spirals and nine green glass.
Cultures/periods
Early Byzantine
(provincial)
Early Anglo-Saxon
Production date
7thC
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Breach Down
, cemetery
Materials
chalk
jet
amethyst
glass
stone
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased through:
Rollin & Feuardent
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough
Acquisition date
1879
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1879,0524.89