Accession No
Z 16179.2
Description
A silver or copper alloy pin with a round cross section, thinned towards the end of the shaft, and a flat tear drop shaped head perforated with a small hole. Two thin rows of beading between the head and the shaft.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Soham
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]; Tebbutt, Charles Frederick [excavator]; Leaf, C. S. [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16179.2; MAA: Z 16004 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; ?Copper Alloy; ?Bronze; ?Silver
Local Term
Measurements
40mm
Events
Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1933). 'Anglo-Saxon Burials at Soham, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 33. pp 152-163
Event Date 1933
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (CMS Context)
Anglo Saxon cemetery, grave 3
'Note accompanying adds: "Grave 4" K. Sutton 14/6/2001'
Collected by Lethbridge T.C.
Event Date 29/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Small with flattened head
'Small hole pierced through the head. Two rows of beading between the head and the shaft. K. Sutton 14/6/2001'
Event Date 29/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A silver or copper alloy pin with a round cross section, thinned towards the end of the shaft, and a flat tear drop shaped head perforated with a small hole. Two thin rows of beading between the head and the shaft.
Event Date 22/4/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:19598
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