Context (Display)
A selection of material from Grave 19 were mounted on perspex for display, including the knife, beads, silver rings, silver disc, iron ring, bronze pin, bronze fittings and spindle whorl.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Grave 19 contained an older woman buried with three silver rings and 7 beads; a silver disc was found in the complex; a penannular ring was below her left scapula and a knife was on her left side between her pelvis and ribs; between her thighs were the remains of a large box with a large spindle whorl placed, presumably, inside it.
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Grave 19.
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)
Iron single edged knife.
Event Date 1953
Author: maa

Context (References)
Wilson, David M. (1956). The Initial Excavations of an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Melbourn, Cambridgeshire. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 49. pp. 29-42 
Event Date 1956
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Single-edged iron knife, with sloped shoulder. Blade back thicker than cutting edge. Tip of blade is missing, and there has been some loss to the cutting edge.
Event Date 21/4/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff