Accession No
1906.314
Description
Copper alloy pin; twisted cylindrical shank with a curved single spiral head. Point is absent.
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
1906.314
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
55mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Jenkinson's excavation notebook (G03/5/1) has a drawing which shows the pin with the point intact.
Event Date 1906
Author: Jane Pettitt
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
Context (Field collection)
Grave 25 (with other objects) along the jaw of a skeleton of a girl abt 14 Apl 20.
For rest of Grave 25 see D 1924.10.
Collected in 1881
Event Date 10/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A small stout pin with a spirally twisted shank and with the head curved into a single spiral
Event Date 10/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy pin; twisted cylindrical shank with a curved single spiral head. Point is absent.
Event Date 26/11/2020
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:8997
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