Accession No

TEMP.01063


Description

Copper alloy strap end with a tapered terminating end and a small perforation with rivet still present at the attachment end. Attachment end is split, implying the strap end is made from two sheets of fused copper alloy; decorated with stylised grooves.


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon 9th century


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

TEMP.01063


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

9mm x 30mm


Events

Context (Analysis)
Lethbridge (1938) notes: 'Compare Cuerdale hoard in British Museum'.
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.i
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 with a tapered terminating end and a small perforation with rivet still present at the attachment end. Attachment end is split, implying the strap end is made from two sheets of fused copper alloy; decorated with stylised grooves.
Event Date 16/12/2020
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
?Bronze strap end with stylised ornamentation and one perforation with rivet.
Event Date 26/2/2020
Author: Lucie Carreau


FM:286714

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