Accession No

Z 16190


Description

Copper alloy hasp, possibly from a casket. Rod has a plano-convex cross-section and is decorated with pairs of parallel transverse grooves. Circular looped ends, one of which is complete and the other is damaged but still has a rivet in place.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Burwell


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 16190


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

21mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
For photocopies of Lethbridge’s Burwell excavation notes, drawings, etc. see WO8/1/1 in Archive.
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Old label attached, reads: 'Grave 130 old woman' (transcribed by Sarah-Jane Harknett 16/10/2000)
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Hasp of ?casket
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Found: Anglo Saxon cemetery. Grave 130; Collected by: Lethbridge.T.C in 1929
In same grave as Iron knife; Iron pin; Bronze loop.
Event Date 1929
Author: maa


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1931). ‘Recent excavations in Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.’ Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, n.s. 3. pp. 47-70
Event Date 1931
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy hasp, possibly from a casket. Rod has a plano-convex cross-section and is decorated with pairs of parallel transverse grooves. Circular looped ends, one of which is complete and the other is damaged but still has a rivet in place.
Event Date 22/4/2021
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:19447

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