Context (Found together / assemblage)
Grave 6 contained: a single edged iron knife and two small sherds of pottery. In the south west corner of the grave were iron bindings of a wooden box. By the left femur lay a blue melon bead, oblate jet, or black glass bead and a small bronze hasp and studs. A few pieces of thin bronze binding, possibly from a gourd.
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Grave 6.
The initial excavation of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery was carried out in the early months of 1952 by the Cambridge Archaeological Field Club under the direction of the Hon. R.W.H. Erskine and D.M. Wilson. Its discovery was reported by Mr G.O. Vinter, MA, in the autumn of 1951.
Event Date 1952
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A single edged iron knife.
Event Date 1953
Author: maa

Context (References)
Wilson, D.M. (1956) The Initial Excavations of an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Melbourn, Cambridgeshire. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol XLIX. p. 31
Event Date 1956
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Iron knife with broken tang, sloping shoulder and deep choil. Curved back and straight cutting edge.
Event Date 21/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe