Accession No
1888.30.885 D.1
Description
Long iron handle of circular cross-section with hooked ends, each inserted through holes in a looped iron rim. Probably from a metal vessel.
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
1888.30.885 D.1; MAA: Z 16296; J.110
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
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: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Description for [1888.30.884-896]: 'St John's Cricket Field Anglo-Saxon cemetery, sherds, J.109-119.'
Event Date 5/6/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (Analysis)
Stored with 1888.30.889 was an iron rim possibly from a metal vessel. It bore a striking resemblance to 1888.30.885 D.1, the decision was taken to assign the two objects a shared accession number, the iron rim was given it's own record: 1888.30.885 D.2. Further analysis is required to determine if they are indeed from the same object.
Event Date 10/11/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Long iron handle of circular cross-section with hooked ends, each inserted through holes in a looped iron rim. Probably from a metal vessel.
Event Date 12/11/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:289010
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