Accession No

TEMP.01789


Description

Seven small pieces of fragmented bronze plating and embellishments. The plating shows the remains of a concentric circle design.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Snailwell


Period

Late Iron Age early Roman


Source

Newmarket Rural District Council [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.01789


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
See 1953.26.3 for other bronze plating from this burial.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Lethbridge T.C. (1954). 'Burial of an Iron Age Warrior at Snailwell', Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 47. pp. 25-37.
Event Date 1954
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Stead, I.M. (1967). ‘A La Tène III Burial at Welwyn Garden City’. Archaeologia, vol. 101. pp. 1-61
Event Date 1967
Author: Louise Puckett


Description (Physical description)
Also, small pieces of metal, with label, which reads: "Material bearing impression of bronze bosses and bands."
Event Date 15/12/2000
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Related Documents)
The label noted in the Description dated to 15/12/2000, associated with the metal, which read 'Material bearing impression of bronze bosses and bands.' has not been seen.
Event Date 14/11/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Small pieces of fragmented bronze plating and embellishments. The plating shows the remains of a concentric circle design.
Event Date 14/11/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Found together / assemblage)
This object has been given a TEMP number as it was found by the 2000 shorts project with 1953.12 A but is not mentioned in the original description or Accession register.
Event Date 20/6/2022
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:282021

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