Accession No

1950.241.9


Description

Four fragments of a double-sided bone comb with a decorative 'half heart' at one end. Holes for iron rivets present, but no rivets remain.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1950.241.9


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Deposit: Part of a number of small objects picked up on the surface, which had been ploughed out when the urns were broken.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Found: Pagan Saxon Cemetery
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1950.241.9[-19]: 'Fragments of seven two edged bone combs. Some have ring & dot ornament and engraved parallel lines along the central bar'
Event Date 1950
Author: maa


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1951). ‘A Cemetery at Lackford, Suffolk: Report of the Excavation of a Cemetery of the Pagan Anglo-Saxon Period in 1947.' Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, 6.
Event Date 1951
Author: Jazmin Hundal


Context (Analysis)
Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski, independent researcher, examined this group of combs and determined that there are actually eleven combs represented, rather than seven. The separate comb fragments have now each been given their own suffixes and records.
Event Date 28/11/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Four fragments of a double-sided bone comb with a decorative 'half heart' at one end. Holes for iron rivets present, but no rivets remain.
Event Date 2/12/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


FM:21763

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