Accession No
2023.20.209-211
Description
Three pieces of copper alloy casting waste. One is sub-triangular in cross-section, with one concave side. Two are irregular globules.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Heydon
Period
Late Bronze Age 1050-800 BC
Source
British Museum Treasure Trove
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2023.20.209-211; 2017T697 [Treasure No.]; CAM-22 D427 [PAS Database No.]; 294 [Coroner's Ref.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found 1/6/2017-31/6/2017 metal detecting on cultivated land. Bronze Age copper-alloy fragmentary metal work hoard which had been stored in a ceramic vessel that had later been hit by a plough or farm machinery and partially scattered a small distance around the location of the vessel. Some fragments of metal were still within the cracked vessel while others had dispersed slightly. It has been registered with the PAS (CAM-22 D427) and has been declared as Treasure Trove (2017T697). The Coroner's reference is 294. The PAS record has been used as the basis for the information in this record.
Event Date 1/6/2017
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Analysis)
XRF analysis was undertaken on six of the 341 copper-alloy fragments. The fragments were selected to cover differing object types, colours and weights. The results can be found in the coroner's report in the object file.
Event Date 16/2/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Three pieces of copper alloy casting waste. One is sub-triangular in cross-section, with one concave side. Two are irregular globules.
Event Date 2/10/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (Found together / assemblage)
2023.20.1-402 were discovered in close association and have been determined to comprise a founder's hoard deposited as a closed group during a single event.
Event Date 29/9/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:304423
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