Accession No

1953.191.1


Description

Half the lower jaw of a sheep.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Melbourn


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Cambridge Archaeological Field Club [donor]; Wilson, David Mackenzie [excavator]; Erskine, R. [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1953.191.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1953.191.1-4: Contents of grave 13. Iron single edged knife. Iron shears. Bronze ring with loop on one end and hook on the other; Under the hand of the skeleton was half the lower jaw of a sheep.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Grave 13.
Collected by: Cambridge Archaeological Field Club
Event Date 1952
Author: maa


Context (References)
(Bib): 1956. Wilson, D.M. The Initial Excavations of an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Melbourn, Cambridgeshire. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol XLIX. pp. 29-41.
Event Date 1956
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'Skeleton not with this group of artefacts.'
Event Date 16/10/2000
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Half the lower jaw of a sheep.
Event Date 21/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:16127

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