Accession No

Z 16257 A


Description

Cast copper alloy girdle hanger with bar of suspension device through attachment ring. The attachment ring is round and undecorated while the upper shank is decorated with transverse grooved lines. The shank thickens towards the middle where it is decorated with crossed grooved lines. The shank and terminal are decorated with circular punchmarks around the edges. The distal and proximal terminals are flat and roughly rectangular. The reverse is undecorated.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Girton; Girton College


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [donor]; Jenkinson, Francis John Henry [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 16257 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

123mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 16257 A-C: 'A/S part of tweezers [sic?], key and bent wire loop- all bronze.'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16257 A-C: 'Part of a girdle hanger, a second girdle hanger and a bent wire loop.'
Event Date
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: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett description for Z 16257 A-C: 'The most complete girdle hanger has a metal rivet through the top hole, at a right angle to the girdle hanger itself. The metal loop terminates in a knob.'
Event Date 28/3/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy girdle hanger with bar of suspension device through attachment ring. The attachment ring is round and undecorated while the upper shank is decorated with transverse grooved lines. The shank thickens towards the middle where it is decorated with crossed grooved lines. The shank and terminal are decorated with circular punchmarks around the edges. The distal and proximal terminals are flat and roughly rectangular. The reverse is undecorated.
Event Date 23/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:9094

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