Accession No
1906.310
Description
A pair of iron tweezers with long, straight arms. The loop and sections of the arms, including the ends, are missing. Heavily corroded, with arms adhered to each other with an unknown adhesive.
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
1906.310
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
73mm
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
For rest of grave group see 1906.310-313 and D 1924.5
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Grave 10.
Event Date 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)
Pairs of tweezers; long and slim
Event Date 10/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A pair of iron tweezers with long, straight arms. The loop and sections of the arms, including the ends, are missing. Heavily corroded, with arms adhered to each other with an unknown adhesive.
Event Date 25/11/2020
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:8996
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