Accession No

Z 16189 A


Description

Copper alloy pin with a round cross section, thinned towards both ends, with a flat tear drop shaped head perforated with a small hole.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Burwell


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 16189 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

55mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Label affixed to object reads: 'Burwell Grave 128; old male. Nothing else.' (transcribed by Jean Somerville, 8/5/2001)
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


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)
Pin
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


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


Context (Field collection)
Anglo Saxon cemetery, Grave 128
Excavated by: T.C. Lethbridge 1929

Event Date 14/8/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
'Flat round head which is perforated.' J.Somerville 8/5/2001.'
Event Date 8/5/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy pin with a round cross section, thinned towards both ends, with a flat tear drop shaped head perforated with a small hole.
Event Date 19/4/2021
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:19463

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