Accession No
Z 16293.1
Description
Three fragments of a central strengthening bar from a double-sided bone comb. Two teeth present, the rest detached and missing. Evidence of wear on both teeth. Decorated on both faces with ring and dot ornament and tapers to one end, terminating in a slightly rounded trapezoid.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; ?Grange Road; ?St John's College Cricket Field cemetery; ?Girton College
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16293.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card for Z 16293[.1-9]: 'Either St John' s or Girton College cemeteries, probably Girton'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 16293[.1-9]: 'A/S bone comb fragments'
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 16293[.1-9]: 'Some have metal pins, some are decorated.'
Event Date 28/3/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Three fragments of a central strengthening bar from a double-sided bone comb. Two teeth present, the rest detached and missing. Evidence of wear on both teeth. Decorated on both faces with ring and dot ornament and tapers to one end, terminating in a slightly rounded trapezoid.
Event Date 17/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:9096
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