Accession No
1888.30.187 B
Description
Undecorated bone pin with sharp point, and divot in the opposite end. Broken in two pieces along the shaft.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Grange Road; St John’s College Cricket Field cemetery
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; St John’s College, Cambridge [donor]; von Hügel, Anatole [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1888.30.187 B; MAA: Z 16296; J.97
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
102mm
Events
Context (Amendments / updates)
Record created to allocate box numbers to objects. These are all part of Accession Register number 1888.30, which was subseguently given the Z number 16296. The 'J' numbers on the bags of sherds have been used to differentiate between them in the catalogue. Complete pots have been allocated separate records.
Event Date 5/6/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Found together / assemblage)
The bone pin 1888.30.187 B was found bagged with sherds 1888.30 187 A. It was not mentioned in the original record. It is not clear which of the urns represented in 1888.30.187 A, if any, it is associated with.
Event Date 29/10/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Bone pin, broken in two pieces along the shaft.
Event Date 29/10/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:288246
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