Accession No

1886.31.6


Description

Two spearheads, several knives.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Girton; Girton College


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [donor]; von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [excavator]; Foster, Walter Kidman [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1886.31.6; MAA: AR 1886.31; ?Z 16366


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; ?Iron


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Excavated and Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von; Foster.W.K in : Exhumed with number of skeletons at Girton College May and June 1886
Event Date 1886
Author: maa


Context (References)
Hollingworth, Edith Joan, and Maureen M. O'Reilly. (1925). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Event Date 1925
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (CMS Description)
Two spearheads, several knives
Event Date 9/9/1986
Author: maa


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: '?Z 16366 possibly part of this group.'
Event Date 29/3/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Two spearheads, several knives.
Event Date 20/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


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