Accession No
Z 19372 F.2
Description
One end of a double-sided bone comb with part of supporting bar held in place by an iron rivet. Decorated with eye and dot motif and incised lines. Teeth broken and missing on both sides.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford: Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 19372 F.2; IV [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone; Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Sherds
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Field collection)
Pagan Saxon Cemetery 1947-1950
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Catalogue card notes: '?Presumably from single grave'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Related Documents)
Two old pieces of paper found with the single sherd and comb fragment, read: "Pot 1" and "2 IV". (transcribed by S-J Harknett 30/5/2001)
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1951). ‘A Cemetery at Lackford, Suffolk: Report of the Excavation of a Cemetery of the Pagan Anglo-Saxon Period in 1947.' Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, 6.
Event Date 1951
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'Several sherds from one plain pot. Old pieces of paper accompany the sherds, read: "IV (original 2)" and "IV Original 1". Also found, unmarked, and in a box with this number written on: one sherd, decorated with stamps, and a fragment of a double edged comb, highly decorated with ring and dot. Two old pieces of paper found with these two objects, read: "Pot 1" and "2 IV".'
Event Date 30/5/2001
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
One end of a double sided-bone comb with part of supporting bar held in place by an iron rivet. Decorated with eye and dot motif and incised lines. Teeth broken and missing on both sides.
Event Date 25/9/2020
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:287896
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