Accession No
1950.49 B.2
Description
Undecorated, single-edged, rectangular comb with teeth roughly cut into the short edge. Three lines cut along top edge, possibly from manufacture. Possibly not intended for use. Green copper alloy staining on long edge. One tine broken but present.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.49 B.2; 49 A 4 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found: Pagan Saxon Cemetery
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in 1950.49 A.
Event Date 1950
Author: Katrina Dring
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 (CMS Description)
Plain, single edge imitation combs roughly hacked out of pieces of bone. Unburnt; Found in 1950.49 A. The smaller has a green stain, ?rested near bronze object? ?Ritual
Event Date 10/2/1988
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Undecorated, single-edged, rectangular comb with teeth roughly cut into the short edge. Three lines cut along top edge, possibly from manufacture. Possibly not intended for use. Green copper alloy staining on long edge. One tine broken but present.
Event Date 8/10/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:287999
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