Lyminge Anglo-Saxon Cemetery - Grave 41
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Lyminge Cemetery Introduction
GRAVE 41. A woman; 25 years of age; supine, full
length, arms straight; 109 deg., 2 ft. 5 in. deep.
Finds. An amber-coloured glass claw-beaker (Pl.
XI) at the left hand side of the skull. The beaker was found lying on
its side, the mouth towards the head of the grave. Although fractured
it was recovered completely. The vessel stands 7¼ in. high and the
diameter of the mouth, which is strongly flared, is 4 in. The pontil-mark
is prominent on the base, and the lower and upper parts of the vessel
bear a decoration of spiral glass trail. There are two
rows of claws, each four in number, arranged symmetrically around the
glass. The claws have a pronounced clockwise sweep, and each tip is
doubled back in a clockwise direction. The glass is extremely thin and
shows many air bubbles in its texture.
