Accession No
Z 25300.5
Description
Game piece made of bone. Circular in shape, decorated on one face with concentric circles and one row of ring and dot ornament. Part of the face and back missing, revealing cancellous (spongy) bone.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Meldreth; Flambard's Manor
Period
Medieval
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]; ?Tebbutt, Charles Frederick [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 25300.5
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
45mm
Events
Context (Display)
Old label found with object reads: 'coin of Henry III, buckle, etc., from upper layer of occupation'. A further old label adds: "C.A.S. Proc. Vol. XXXV".
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Disc; Ring and dot decoration; Polished.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Found from upper layer of occupation. Excavated by Thomas Charles Lethbridge in 1933.
Event Date 1933
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. and Tebbutt, C.F. (1935). ‘Ancient Lime-kilns at Great Paxton, Hunts., their relation to the Anglo-Saxon Church at Great Paxton, and a Tentative Scheme for dating Pottery of the Late Saxon Period.’ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 35, pp. 97-105.
Event Date 1935
Author: Jodi Zhang
Context (Analysis)
See similar objects at the Museum of London; Object ID: A25820, A1673.
Event Date 5/12/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang
Description (Physical description)
Game piece made of bone. Circular in shape, decorated on one face with concentric circles and one row of ring and dot ornament. Part of the face and back missing, revealing cancellous (spongy) bone.
Event Date 5/12/2023
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:18971
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