Accession No

Z 16245.1


Description

Copper alloy small long brooch, with three rectangular flat knobs protruding from the square central panel, they are decorated with two rows of circular punchmarks. Arched bow with transverse ridges at the top and bottom and a raised longitudinal ridge running centrally down the bow. The foot has a rounded triangular terminal and is decorated with five transverse lines, circular punchmarks along lower edges and notches along the bottom edge. Catchplate missing; top of corroded iron pin present. Left flat knob damaged at the top, possibly during cremation.


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

Z 16245.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

50mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card reads: 'Found in small urn number 1'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett


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: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16245[.1-2]: Pair of small long brooches.

Event Date 15/9/1986
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett description of Z 16245[.1-2]: 'Pair of brooches found, ?Cremated.'
Event Date 29/3/2001
Author: Louise Puckett


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy small long brooch, with three rectangular flat knobs protruding from the square central panel, they are decorated with two rows of circular punchmarks. Arched bow with transverse ridges at the top and bottom and a raised longitudinal ridge running centrally down the bow. The foot has a rounded triangular terminal and is decorated with five transverse lines, circular punchmarks along lower edges and notches along the bottom edge. Catchplate missing; top of corroded iron pin present. Left flat knob damaged at the top, possibly during cremation.
Event Date 19/11/2020
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:9083

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