Accession No

Z 29672.5


Description

Incomplete, oval iron loop; one terminal broken, the other tapering to a point. Heavily corroded iron with small fragments of mineralised wood.


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [depositor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 29672.5


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron; Mineralised 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)
Incomplete, oval iron loop; one terminal broken, the other tapering to a point. Heavily corroded iron with small fragments of mineralised wood.
Event Date 17/11/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins


FM:289169

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