Context (Other)
For similar lion-headed fittings, see 1923.258. Also, cf Antiquaries Journal vol III, p. 335
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Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Display)
Label found in box reads: 'Romano-British Cremation Burial. 2nd Century A.D. One of four Romano-British burial discovered during the excavation of the pagan Anglo-Saxon cemetery on the site of Girton College. They were no doubt the family grave belonging to a Roman villa somewhere in the neighbourhood. See: "The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College" (Cambridge 1925) by E.J. Hollingworth and M.M. O'Reilly, page 32, plates xi and xii.'
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Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Display)
Handwritten display label reads: 'Bronze & iron fittings of a wooden box.'
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Handwritten display label reads: '8 metal (bronze) bosses and 6 metal rings. These are the fittings of a _____ wooden casket. The bosses are moulded to represent boars' heads.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Roman Grave II. Excavated by Francis John Henry Jenkinson on 18 April 1881. See his notebook in the archive (GO3/5/1).
Event Date 18/4/1881
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: '8 metal bosses & 8 metal rings, also scraps of iron, from a circular wooden object, ?casket or situla.
Event Date 1924
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Hollingworth, E.J. and O'Reilly, M.M. 1925. The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 32, pls. xi and xii
Event Date 1925
Author: Imogen Gunn