Accession No

TEMP.01062


Description

Copper alloy strap end. Decorated with abstract lines and tapers to a rounded terminating end with animal head decoration. Other end has two small perforations, one incomplete.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Hauxton; Hauxton Mill


Period

Anglo Saxon 9th century


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.01062


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

11mm x 40mm


Events

Context (Analysis)
Lethbridge (1938) notes: 'Belongs to the same series as [TEMP.01062], but is very ill preserved.'
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1938). ‘Anglo-Saxon Remains’, in L. F. Salzman (ed.), The Victoria History of the County of Cambridgeshire and The Isle of Ely, Vol. 1. London: Oxford University Press. p. 327, Pl. XI.j
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Malim, Tim and Hines, John. (1998). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Edix Hill (Barrington A), Cambridgeshire. CBA Research Report 112. York: Council for British Archaeology. p. 324
Event Date 1998
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy strap end. Decorated with abstract lines and tapers to a rounded terminating end with animal head decoration. Other end has two small perforations, one incomplete.
Event Date 16/12/2020
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
?Bronze strap end with animal head and two perforations (one broken off).
Event Date 26/2/2020
Author: Lucie Carreau


FM:286713

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