Context (Related Documents)
For photocopies of Lethbridge's Burwell excavation notes, drawings, etc. see WO8/1/1 in Archive.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt

Context (Field collection)
Object from Grave 121, Anglo-Saxon cemetery, excavated by Thomas Charles Lethbridge in 1929.
Event Date 1929
Author: Jane Pettitt

Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1931). 'Recent excavations in Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.' Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, n.s. 3. pp.47-70, Fig.36.5
Event Date 1931
Author: Jane Pettitt

Description (Physical description)
Composite single-sided bone comb. Sections of teeth held between two plain bone strips with iron rivets. Broken and repaired.
Event Date 30/9/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Found together / assemblage)
The bone comb and several silver Anglo Saxon objects were incorrectly assigned the accession number 2001.28, and have now been assigned TEMP numbers (TEMP.00944-TEMP.00949). As the comb shows signs of more modern conservation, and there are traces of perspex on some of the silver objects, it is possible that they had been taken to the conservation lab for work prior to 2001 and subsequently became disassociated from their original accession number or, in the case of the silver, the rest of their accession number. It is hoped that they can be matched up in the future.
Event Date 30/9/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Composite single-sided bone comb with round back and flared end; one end has broken away and is missing. Toothplates held together between undecorated strengthening bars and iron rivets; four rivets still present. Many of the teeth have come away and are missing; one toothplate has come away and is present. Reconstructed using adhesive.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Amendments / updates)
This object was identified by Thomas Charles Lethbridge in his 1931 report as having been excavated from Burwell, Grave 121. As a result, the source has also been updated to reflect that the object was likely donated by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. However, an accession number for this object has not been identified and thus remains identifiable by its temporary given number.
Event Date 26/4/2021
Author: Jane Pettitt