This neckace (AN1883.69a) was excavated from the grave of an Anglo-Saxon woman (grave no. 27) at Wheatley in Oxfordshire on 25th April 1883. In total 61 amber beads of various sizes were found - note there are only 51 shown the photograph. The other beads on the necklace consisted of 2 blue glass beads, a cube shaped bead, a flattish bead with a wavy white strip, several cylindrical beads of pale transparent glass made to look like several smaller beads together and a bead made from a piece of bone or ivory. On the necklace, there were also several objects used as pendants: two small perforated Roman coins, from the Emperor Constantius II (AD337-360), two wolves or dogs canine teeth and a small boars tusk. |
Anona Age 8 |
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The grave also contained two disc brooches, an ear-scoop, a small piece of bronze probably used as a pendant and various pieces of iron. Between the feet of the skeleton were found the fragments of a green glass vessel, a flat bronze disc and various other metal objects for which the purpose is unknown. | ||||
All these items suggest this woman was relatively wealthy when she died. The variety of objects she was buried with is also unusual. |
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