Context (Production / use)
Part of the horse and chariot equipment represented within the Santon Hoard. See Mary Davis (2014), pp. 193-197, for details and analysis.
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (Analysis)
Santon Hoard. Originally thought to have been found at Santon Downham, Suffolk but research by Rainbird Clarke quoted by Spratling shows it was found in the parish of Santon, on breckland close to the Thetford boundary, between the east end of the former Half-Moon Plantation and the site of St Helen' s Oratory (TL52 837873).
Research by Mansel Spratling. Spratling reference number MGS 83.

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Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for 1897.222: 'A steelyard with pan and weight, all of bronze, and three cup-shaped bronze ferrules. From the Santon Hoard; Spratling Nos. 1-3, 83-5 *C.A.S'.
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Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Related Documents)
The ferrules listed on the catalogue card of 1897.222 have been assigned 1966 Spratling numbers; being noted as '83-85'. However on studying Spratling's 2009 catalogue (see Context) the ferrules are listed under the numbers 72-74.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Four stout bronze hoops, L. 5".5, one with 1".2 wide projecting collar attached and one lose collar. Two small cup-like (?) moulds with concave bottom, and a small (semi-spherical) (?) moulds ([illegible])'.

Event Date 1897
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Display)
A selection of the Santon Hoard was exhibited at the meeting of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society on 29 November 1897.
Event Date 29/11/1897
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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Context (Field collection)
Santon Hoard (1897.218-1897.228). Found by a ‘labourer’ in his garden in Santon, Norfolk in September 1897.
Event Date 9/1897
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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Context (References)
Von Hügel, Anatole. (1899). ‘Exhibition of Bronze and Iron Implements’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 9.4. pp. 430-431.
Event Date 1899
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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Context (References)
Smith, R.A. (1909). 'A Hoard of metal found at Santon Downham, Suffolk'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 13. pp. 146-163. p. 151. fig. 5 B and D.
Event Date 1909
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Spratling, M.G. (1966). The Santon Hoard Reconsidered: A Rich burial of the mid-first century AD from Norfolk. Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.
Event Date 1966
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
Record 2 [deleted 1897.227.83 entry]: 'Possibly a linch pin head from a chariot or cart.'
Event Date 16/5/2001
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Spratling, M.G. (2009). The Santon Hoard Reconsidered: A Rich burial of the mid-first century AD from Norfolk. Unpublished B.A. dissertation, University of Cardiff.
Event Date 2009
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Davies, M. (2014). Technology at the Transition: Relationships between Culture, Style and Function in the Late Iron Age Determined Through the Analysis of Artefacts. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Cardiff University. pp. 171-215.
Event Date 2014
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (Amendments / updates)
There has been some confusion over the numbering of this object. It appears in the accession register listed under 1897.220. The object is also marked with this idno. However, it seems that this object was, at some point, then associated with the objects listed on the catalogue card for 1897.222. As the ferrule is marked and is in the accession register under 1897.220, this number has been retained as its accession number on the creation of this record.
Event Date 4/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
A cup-shaped bronze ferrule with indented dome and ridge on the underside of the base and a slight incised line around the base. There is a small rectangular hole at the neck.
Event Date 4/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Amendments / updates)
A hand written addition to the end of the 1966 unpublished thesis by Spratling includes the 'Three bronze cups' under Spratling MGS 121. This may be a duplicate entry for 83 and has been added to the Other number field.
Event Date 6/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Amendments / updates)
The original Spratling MGS number associated with this object was found in the earlier 1966 iteration of his unpublished thesis, Spratling MGS 83. The updated, 2009, Spratling number is Spratling MGS 72 and this has now been added in the Other numbers field (see Context: References).

Event Date 6/12/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
A cup-shaped bronze axle cap with indented dome and ridge on the underside of the base and a slight incised line around the base. There is a small rectangular hole at the neck.
Event Date 30/6/2020
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)