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Lyminge Anglo-Saxon Cemetery - Grave 27

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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.


9 tiny beads

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