Accession No
Z 19157.7
Description
Small fragments of a composite single-sided bone comb; one fragment is a toothplate, and features the beginning of a set of teeth. Two pieces of a central strengthening bar are also present; one has a copper alloy rivet attached. Some of the smaller fragments are possibly human bone; 18 pieces in total.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 19157.7; A 5 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone; Metal; Copper alloy
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Object found in a paper bag with a handwritten inscription that reads: 'A 5'. This bag housed multiple objects; those were Z 19157.4-8.
Event Date
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Context (Field collection)
Pagan Saxon Cemetery 1947
Event Date 1947
Author: Jazmin Hundal
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: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'Also some pieces of bone, one with a bronze rivet through it, and a fused piece of glass.'
Event Date 23/5/2001
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Description (Physical description)
Small fragments of a composite single-sided bone comb; one fragment is a toothplate, and features the beginning of a set of teeth. Two pieces of a central strengthening bar are also present; one has a copper alloy rivet attached. Some of the smaller fragments are possibly human bone; 18 pieces in total.
Event Date 6/10/2020
Author: Jazmin Hundal
FM:287966
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