Accession No

1952.445 B.2


Description

Flat lead coffin lid with no turn-down. Found with B.1 inside A.


Place

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


Period

Roman


Source

City Engineer, Cambridge


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1952.445 B.2


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Lead


Local Term


Measurements

450mm x 50mm x 1750mm Weight 55.0kg


Events

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


Description (Physical description)
Lead coffin...lid, found inside (a), flat lid with no turn-down.
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 (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)
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)


FM:281361

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