Accession No
Z 41696.5
Description
A copper alloy needle. The shaft has a circular cross-section and bifurcates towards the head and loops into a drop shaped eye. Broken at the point.
Place
Europe; Western Europe; Switzerland; ?Swiss Lakes
Period
?Bronze Age
Source
?Foster, Walter Kidman [collector and bequeather]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 41696.5
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper Alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
51mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found: ?Swiss Lakes
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 41696[.1-6]: 'Group of small chisels, needles and pins'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (References)
University of Cambridge, Museum of General and Local Archaeology. (1892). 'The Walter K. Foster Bequest. Catalogue of the Antiquities.'
Event Date 1892
Author: Emily Shorter
Description (Physical description)
A copper alloy needle. The shaft has a circular cross-section and bifurcates towards the head and loops into a drop shaped eye. Broken at the point.
Event Date 24/4/2024
Author: Emily Shorter
FM:312836
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