Object

Accession No

1952.445 B.1

Description

Lead coffin found inside stone coffin (A). Length 5' 11.5" width at head 17" width at foot 16" depth at head 12.5" depth at foot 11".

Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Arbury

Period

Roman

Source

City Engineer, Cambridge

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1952.445 B.1

Cultural Affliation

Material

Metal; Lead

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Context (Display)
Old exhibition label in archive
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card notes: Analysis of the lead shows a small tin content.
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Lead coffin... found inside (a)... Length 5' 11.5" width at head 17" width at foot 16" depth at head 12.5" depth at foot 11".
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Burial 4.
Found: Arbury Road Building Estate, excavated by Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge University in 1952. Found below the N.E. corner of the chalk floor which covered coffin 1952.442; this body was deposited before 1952.442
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Fell, Clare. 1956. 'Roman Burials Found at Arbury Road, Cambridge, 1952'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol XLIX. pp. 13-23.
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Frend, W.H.C. 1955. 'A Romano-British Settlement at Arbury Road, Cambridge'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol XLVIII. pp. 10-43.
Event Date 1955
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Frend, W.H.C. 1959. 'Further Finds on the Arbury Road Estate'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LII. pp. 69-72.
Event Date 1959
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Liversidge, Joan. 1977. 'Roman Burials in the Cambridge Area'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LXVII. pp. 11-38.
Event Date 1977
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (CMS Context)
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Annual Report. December 1953. pp. 3.
Event Date 23/4/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (CMS Context)
A note seen with 1952.445 C reads A'' 3 spun The qualities of weave canvas. Warp and weft double count 10 pains x 10 pains (i.e. 20x20 per cm Plain weav, open. c 12 x 12 per cm Five plain weave, close c 14-16 x 14-16 per cm' and in a different hand 'Lab No 88.82'.
Event Date 24/4/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

FM:281360