Accession No
Z 16249
Description
Copper alloy small long square headed brooch. Rectangular headplate with punchmarks around perimeter. Trapezoidal bow with triangular section-areas at top and bottom, grooved lines form a diamond in the centre. The foot is lozenge-shaped with concave sides decorated with punchmarks around the edge; terminal missing. On the reverse, the pin bar lug and catchplate are present. Edge of the right sided of the headplate is damaged.
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 16249
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
47mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
The card has the following entry: "From an urn"
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'Old label with object reads: "Apl 4 1881 (cremation)" 28/3/2001'
Event Date 4/4/1881
Author: Lily Stancliffe
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: Lily Stancliffe
Description (CMS Description)
Small and long. Incomplete
Event Date 15/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy small long square headed brooch. Rectangular headplate with punchmarks around perimeter. Trapezoidal bow with triangular section-areas at top and bottom, grooved lines form a diamond in the centre. The foot is lozenge-shaped with concave sides decorated with punchmarks around the edge; terminal missing. On the reverse, the pin bar lug and catchplate are present. Edge of the right sided of the headplate is damaged.
Event Date 19/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:9087
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