Accession No

1950.150 D.5


Description

Thin sheet of copper alloy, possibly from a bowl. Rivet holes present, one whole and two incomplete.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1950.150 D.5; BENI 10 C [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: Pagan Saxon Cemetery.
Event Date 1947
Author: Sam Daisley


Context (Found together / assemblage)
1950.150 D.2-.5 were found inside 1950.150 D.1
Event Date 1947
Author: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1950.150 D[.1-.5]: 'Part of the lower half of a large pot, rim entirely missing. One sherd suggests that there were parallel grooves and a row of stamp ornament round the base of the neck. Below the shoulder, the body is decorated with large triangular panels, vertically divided. Stamps fill these triangles. Part of a facetted crystal bead, piece of an ivory bracelet, fragment of a pale green glass from a bowl and a triangular piece of thin bronze with rivet holes were found in this pot.'
Event Date 1950
Author: Sam Daisley


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)
Thin sheet of copper alloy, possibly from a bowl. Rivet holes present, one whole and two incomplete.
Event Date 20/10/2020
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:288132

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