Accession No
1893.60.2
Description
Five fragments of glass, some considerably melted, with raised parallel lines. Probably from a vessel.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Girton; Girton College
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Girton College, Cambridge [donor]; Jenkinson, Francis John Henry [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1893.60.2; MAA: Z 16246; AR 1893.27
Cultural Affliation
Material
Glass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Record for 1893.60: 'Large, triangular comb. Decorated with incised lines and dot and ring.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 16246: 'Comb + glass fragments'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
1893 Accession Register notes: 'Found in one of the urns from Girton College 1880' [sic - 1881]
Event Date 1881
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Found together / assemblage)
The Accession Register entry for Z 16246 notes that the comb and glass fragments are 'from an urn near Gr[ave] 8'.
Event Date 1881
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Although the Accession Register original gave the date of discovery at 1880, this was later struck through. The more likely date of discovery is 1881, the year that Francis Jenkinson excavated the cemetery at Girton College.
Event Date 1881
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1893.60: 'A large triangular comb, decorated with incised lines and dot and ring ornamentation and several fragments of others.'
Event Date 1893
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Hollingworth, Edith Joan, and Maureen M. O'Reilly. (1925). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Event Date 1925
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Glass fragments.
Event Date 18/3/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Amendments / updates)
The Accession Register entry for Z 16246 gives Francis Jenkinson as the collector. He has therefore been added to the Source field.
Event Date 18/3/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Five fragments of glass, some considerably melted, with raised parallel lines. Probably from a vessel.
Event Date 17/11/2020
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:283415
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