Object

Accession No

1948.1465

Description

Long copper alloy pin, possibly a nail cleaner, with circular cross section. Tapered to a point at one end; flattened head decorated with five raised ridges and a central perforation for suspension.

Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill

Period

Anglo Saxon

Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1948.1465

Cultural Affliation

Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze

Local Term

Measurements

5mm x 129mm

Events

Description (Physical description)
Toilet implement. ?Nail cleaner. Pierced for suspension
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with 1948.1462-1467
Event Date 1851
Author: Louise Puckett

Context (Field collection)
Found 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Described as 'Stylus' by Neville
Event Date 1852
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery Near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray.
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett

Description (Physical description)
Long copper alloy pin, possibly a nail cleaner, with circular cross section. Tapered to a point at one end; flattened head decorated with five raised ridges and a central perforation for suspension.
Event Date 12/4/2021
Author: Louise Puckett

FM:15856