Accession No

Z 18064 B


Description

Small, leaf-shaped copper alloy spearhead with flat, non-functional shaft. Evidence of a possible suspension loop for use as a pendant.


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 18064 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

51mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Miniature spear?
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
?Grave 58.
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 (Physical description)
Small, leaf-shaped copper alloy spearhead with flat, non-functional shaft. Evidence of a possible suspension loop for use as a pendant.
Event Date 19/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:9167

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