Accession No
1913.507.2
Description
Tapering copper alloy implement with rectangular cross-section. Lower third split vertically down centre. Ends squared and decorated with two incised horizontal lines.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge
Period
?Roman ?Anglo Saxon ?Medieval
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1913.507.2; MAA: 1913.506.II [Previous No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
9mm x 119mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in ink on one face of object: 'Near Cambridge'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (Related Documents)
Pencil inscription on reverse of display board: 'Evans Colln'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (Related Documents)
Printed label adhered to reverse of display board: 'Nr Cambridge'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label printed with 'Evans Colln 1913' adhered to front of display board: 'R.A.1913.506.II [missing] Cambridge'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (Display)
Object previously mounted on display board of hardboard, with metal pins.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Bronze tweezers'
Event Date 1913
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Heather Donoghue
Description (Physical description)
Tapering copper alloy implement with rectangular cross-section. Lower third split vertically down centre. Ends squared and decorated with two incised horizontal lines.
Event Date 4/4/2025
Author: Heather Donoghue
FM:326559
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