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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