Accession No

1950.232 B.2


Description

Copper alloy nail or rivet with a circular, flat head and a shaft terminating in a point. Shaft bent; corroded.


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1950.232 B.2; TD 5 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Field collection)
Found: Pagan Saxon Cemetery
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt


Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found inside 1950.232 A.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1950.232 B [.1-.2]: 'A broken pair of iron tweezers and a bronze nail, or rivet with a head 1/2" diameter were found inside [1950.232] A'.
Event Date 1950
Author: Jane Pettitt


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)
Copper alloy nail or rivet with a circular, flat head and a shaft terminating in a point. Shaft bent; corroded.
Event Date 21/10/2020
Author: Jane Pettitt


FM:288145

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