Accession No
Z 25536.1
Description
Iron knife with narrow, gradually tapering blade; tip broken off and missing. The tang appears intact.
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 25536.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
102mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Grave 31.
Apl 23rd, 1881; Found with a skeleton
Event Date 23/04/1881
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 (Physical description)
Description for Z 25536[.1-2]: 'Metal; Iron Knife; Buckle'
Event Date 16/9/1986
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'D 1924.13 has in notes: "Already in the museum [from this grave], 1 knife and 1 iron buckle" and 'grave number 31'. The Deposit record (which is a spearhead) is associated with this Z record.'
Event Date 29/3/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with narrow, gradually tapering blade; tip broken off and missing. The tang appears intact.
Event Date 19/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:9160
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