Accession No
Z 16180 B
Description
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Raised trapezoidal central panel decorated with punchmarks; bifurcated half-crescent side flat knobs and rectangular top flat knob. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Flat panel with flat lappets decorated with punchmarks. Flared terminal decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
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 16180 B; MAA: Z 16002
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
75mm
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 7
Collected by Lethbridge.T.C.
Z 16002 and Z 16180 matched as same objects
Event Date 29/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
'Trefoil headed. K. Sutton 14/6/2001'
Event Date 29/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cast copper alloy small long brooch. Raised trapezoidal central panel decorated with punchmarks; bifurcated half-crescent side flat knobs and rectangular top flat knob. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Flat panel with flat lappets decorated with punchmarks. Flared terminal decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Event Date 23/4/2021
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:19600
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