Lyminge Anglo-Saxon Cemetery - Grave 27
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Lyminge Cemetery Introduction
GRAVE 27. A child, probably a girl;
2-6 years of age; skeleton in poor condition; supine, full length,
arms straight; a small grave 4ft. 0 in. by 2 ft. 1 in. ; 101 deg., 2
ft. 3 in. deep.
Finds. A bronze wire bracelet (Fig. 10, No.
4) around the left forearm.
bronze wire bracelet
An iron knife at the right shoulder.
A bronze purse-mount
whose surface is cloisonné
set with coloured glass (Pl. X, No. 3) found lying underneath the
knife the inlay facing downwards. The iron corrosion from the knife
has seriously affected the condition of the purse-mount. The glass
inlays are crudely chipped to shape but some attempt has been made to
achieve a rudimentary step pattern in many of the cells (cf. The more
accomplished cell-work of the inlay across the large square-headed
brooches from grave 44). Only two colours of glass are used, pale and
dark green. There is no gold foil below the settings. A fragmentary
iron buckle was found a few inches away from the purse-mount but must
belong to it. It is tempting to see in the iron protrusion on the
right hand side of the mount the beginning of an iron frame.
purse-mount is cloisonné
set with coloured glass
A string of 9 tiny beads around the neck; 6 of
these are of amber; one is of green glass; one is of yellow vitreous
baked clay; and one is a perforated upper right temporary canine
tooth.