Accession No
Z 25535
Description
Iron ring of flat cross-section, possibly used to suspend items from girdle. Mineralised textile on one face.
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 25535
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Mineralised textile
Local Term
Measurements
30mm x 30mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Piece of paper accompanies object, reads: 'Grave 46, Sep. 16. Girton. Body arranged straight an iron ring in the pelvis' (transcribed by Sarah-Jane Harknett 29/3/2001)
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Grave 46 .
Event Date 6/9/1881
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)
Metal; Iron Ring
Event Date 16/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Iron ring of flat cross-section, possibly used to suspend items from girdle. Mineralised textile on one face.
Event Date 19/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:9159
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