Accession No

Z 29672.3


Description

Sheet copper alloy vessel with rolled rim and internal wooden staves for support. Incomplete; one section has copper alloy sheet still attached to wood. Three wooden staves detached but present. Several fragments of copper alloy sheet present, some with evidence of iron corrosion on surface, some possibly have light linear decoration.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Girton; Girton College


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [depositor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 29672.3


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze; Wood


Local Term


Measurements


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)
Sheet copper alloy vessel with rolled rim and internal wooden staves for support. Incomplete; one section has copper alloy sheet still attached to wood. Three wooden staves detached but present. Several fragments of copper alloy sheet present, some with evidence of iron corrosion on surface, some possibly have light linear decoration.
Event Date 17/11/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:289167

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