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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