Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card notes: 'Dr. A. Brown of Oslo says possibly the head of a key'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
The catalogue card notes: 'Found......by workmen'
The Accession Register notes: 'Found in or near Cambridge'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Bronze object, perhaps fragment of horse bit or key head, in Ringerike style
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Lethbridge (1938) describes this as a fragment of the cheek-piece of a horse's bit, and dates it to the 11th century. He notes that it is 'ornamented in 'Ringerike' style. For earlier example see Oseberg fundet, iii, fig. 231. For English examples, Wheeler, London and the Saxons, fig. 27'
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1938). ‘Anglo-Saxon Remains’, in L. F. Salzman (ed.), The Victoria History of the County of Cambridgeshire and The Isle of Ely, Vol. 1. London: Oxford University Press. p. 323, Pl. XII.b
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy object in the form of a horse's head with grooved, Ringerike style ornamentation. Possibly part of a horse bit or key head.
Event Date 13/2/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe