Accession No
D 1924.25 A.1
Description
Copper alloy penannular brooch of round cross section. Conical terminal knobs and intact pin. The pin has a flattened, leaf-shaped point.
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
D 1924.25 A.1; MAA: Z 18059
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
28mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Cremation. 18 April 1881.
Event Date 18/4/1881
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: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (CMS Description)
Penannular brooch; terminal knobs, and a pin flattened to arrowhead
Event Date 17/9/1986
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy penannular brooch of round cross section. Conical terminal knobs and intact pin. The pin has a flattened, leaf-shaped point.
Event Date 19/11/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:9172
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