Accession No
Z 18058 A-B
Description
Part of a toilet set: ring (A) and ear scoop (B). (A) Slip-knot copper alloy ring; in three pieces. (B) Copper alloy ear scoop with a pierced, flattened circular head and twisted shaft; now in three pieces, scoop is absent.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Girton; Girton College
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Jenkinson, Francis John Henry [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 18058 A-B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Cremation next to grave 25.
Event Date 1881
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Jenkinson's excavation notebook (E103/5/1) makes mention of a 'on a ring with sliding-knot were an earpick and a very fine pair of tweezers' which relate to the ring and ear scoop accessioned under the reference number: Z 18058.
Event Date 20/4/1906
Author: Jane Pettitt
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: Jane Pettitt
Description (CMS Description)
Twisted toilet implement and slip-knot (spirally wound) ring.
Event Date 17/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'Toilet implement broken into three pieces. Part of the ring is missing. It is also broken into three pieces'.
Event Date 28/3/2001
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Part of a toilet set: ring (A) and ear scoop (B). (A) Slip-knot copper alloy ring; in three pieces. (B) Copper alloy ear scoop with a pierced, flattened circular head and twisted shaft; now in three pieces, scoop is absent.
Event Date 26/11/2020
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:9170
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