Object

Accession No

Z 16366.1

Description

Iron knife with thin broken tang and symmetrical blade; tip missing. Pronounced choil and gentle shoulder. Iron delaminating.

Place

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

Period

Anglo Saxon

Source

Girton College, Cambridge [donor]; ?von Hügel, Anatole [excavator]; ?Foster, Walter Kidman [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

Z 16366.1; MAA: ?1886.31.6

Cultural Affliation

Material

Metal; Iron

Local Term

Measurements

108mm

Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 16366[.1-5]: 'Four Five iron knives from A/S cemetery. Girton college.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16366[.1-5]: Knife
Event Date
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

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'These may be part of 1886.31.6.'
Event Date 29/03/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett description for Z 16366[.1-5]: 'Very corroded.'
Event Date 29/03/2001
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with thin broken tang and symmetrical blade; tip missing. Pronounced choil and gentle shoulder. Iron delaminating.
Event Date 20/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe

FM:9099