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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