Accession No

2015.164


Description

A metal strip of bronze wide at one end and tapering towards the other. Probably one arm of a pair of tweezers. The edge is marked by a faint incised line.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; West Wickham


Period

Roman


Source

Cuddeford, Michael J. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

2015.164; MAA: MN0022; A0117


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

43mm


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 metal strip of bronze wide at one end and tapering towards the other. The edge is marked by a faint incised line.
Event Date 4/8/2015
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Helen Fowler, PAS FLO: Probably one arm of a pair of tweezers.
Event Date 23/11/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn


FM:268494

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