Object

Accession No

1906.304

Description

Miniature leaf-shaped copper alloy spearhead pendant, with a central raised ridge and flattened tapering shaft forming a triangular shape, decorated by circular punchmarks on one side and featuring two perforations at one end; suspected break at terminus.

Place

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

Period

Anglo Saxon

Source

Jenkinson, Francis John Henry [excavator and donor]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1906.304

Cultural Affliation

Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze

Local Term

Measurements

42mm

Events

Context (Field collection)
Grave 4.
Found with a skeleton, 30 March 1881
Event Date 30/3/1881
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: Jane Pettitt

Description (CMS Description)
Miniature. A spear-shaped pendant or tang, the triangular base drilled with a couple of holes.

Event Date 10/9/1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'Two perforations at one end'.
Event Date 29/3/2001
Author: Jane Pettitt

Description (Physical description)
Miniature leaf-shaped copper alloy spearhead pendant, with a central raised ridge and flattened tapering shaft forming a triangular shape, decorated by circular punchmarks on one side and featuring two perforations at one end; suspected break at terminus.
Event Date 25/11/2020
Author: Jane Pettitt

FM:8994