Accession No

1904.299.2


Description

Endplate fragment from a double-sided composite bone comb. Decorated along the straight edge with ring and dot motifs. One iron rivet in place.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; ?Newmarket Road; Petty Cury


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Freeman, Samuel [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1904.299.2; MAA: AR 1905.347


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone; Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

40mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label attached to object reads: 'Bone Comb. Falcon Inn, Petty Cury Cambridge, 1904, S Freeman'.
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
Accession register for 1904.299[.1-4]: 'A bone whorl decorated with concentric rings d. 1".6, comb with ring and dot decoration, half of a thin bracelet of shale round in section, one white and and three blue glass beads'
Event Date 1904
Author: Emily Shorter


Context (Field collection)
Accession Register has the following entry crossed through: 'Found under the foundations of the old Falcon Inn, Petty Cury, Cambridge July 1904'. Accession Register adds: 'Gravel Pit'. Annual Report reads: 'Found with a skeleton'.
Event Date 07/1904
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett for 1904.299[.1-4]: 'Comb has one iron rivet still present. One blue glass bead is broken into three pieces.'
Event Date 30/4/2001
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
Endplate fragment from a double-sided composite bone comb. Decorated along the straight edge with ring and dot motifs. One iron rivet in place.
Event Date 12/5/2021
Author: Emily Shorter


FM:291618

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