Accession No
Z 25533
Description
Copper alloy horse-head terminal from a cruciform brooch. Transverse grooves at top of foot, pronounced brow line, protruding eyes and flared, scrolled nostrils. Lip terminal and part of both nostrils broken off and missing.
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 25533
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Old label with object reads: 'From urn passing through grave 5'. (transcribed by Sarah-Jane Harknett 28/3/2001)
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Analysis)
Brooch has been drilled on reverse for metal analysis. Date and results of analysis are unknown.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Field collection)
Near Grave 5. "From a cremation" .
Event Date 1881
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 (CMS Description)
Foot, cremated
Event Date 16/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy horse-head terminal from a cruciform brooch. Transverse grooves at top of foot, pronounced brow line, protruding eyes and flared, scrolled nostrils. Lip terminal and part of both nostrils broken off and missing.
Event Date 19/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:9158
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