Accession No
Z 29672.2
Description
Copper alloy buckle. Elongated oval frame with loop of slightly convex cross-section, terminating in worn heads of an animal, whose mouths hold a straight cylindrical bar. Rectangular impression on loop’s outside edge for tip of pin; pin missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Girton; Girton College
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Girton College, Cambridge [depositor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 29672.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
65mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label with Z 29816 also referring to Z 29672 reads: '1/2 large bronze buckle. 26 beads, 17 amber, 5 green glass, 2 double and treble (pearl) type. Few teeth. Remains of bronze annular brooch'
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter
Context (Other)
Catalogue card for Z 29672[.1-.7]: 'Z 29672-29688, 29814-29820 are all packed in the groups in which they were stored in the attic'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 29672[.1-.7]: 'Associated small finds from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Girton College: numerous fragments (from a bucket?) of sheet bronze, 2 buckles, large portion of sheet bronze with wood adhering (part of a bucket), fragments of iron with bronze rivets and discs. Also part of a small amber bead.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Context (References)
Hollingworth, Edith Joan, and Maureen M. O'Reilly. (1925). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Event Date 1925
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy buckle. Elongated oval frame with loop of slightly convex cross-section, terminating in worn heads of an animal, whose mouths hold a straight cylindrical bar. Rectangular impression on loop’s outside edge for tip of pin; pin missing.
Event Date 16/11/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:289166
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