Accession No

2015.126


Description

A section from a copper alloy scabbard throat band or mouth band. It has rouletting decoration in two bands along the centre of the strip.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; West Wickham


Period

?Anglo Saxon


Source

Cuddeford, Michael J. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2015.126; MAA: MN0022; A0079


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

17mm x 15mm x 30mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Michael J Cuddeford found this material during the mid 1990s during metal detecting in West Wickham. It has been registered with the Portable Antiquities Scheme and gifted to MAA. For general information about the site see the Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group vol. 6 part 1, 1995 (see Bib). For other information including original finds list see the object file.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Charge, B. B. et al. (1995). 'Field Survey of Sites at Yen Hall West Wickham, Cambs'. Journal of the Haverhill and District Archaeological Group. vol. 6, part 1.
Event Date 1995
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
A section from a bronze scabbard throat band or mouth band. It has rouletting decoration in two bands along the centre of the strip.
Event Date 31/7/2015
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A section from a copper alloy scabbard throat band or mouth band. It has rouletting decoration in two bands along the centre of the strip.
Event Date 29/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5684 | Remedial
Event Date 15/5/2023
Author: Kirstie French


Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:268456

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