Accession No

1895.268


Description

Short copper alloy pin with large ovoid head; stem has squared cross-section.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath; Undley


Period

Medieval Post Medieval


Source

Jenkinson, Francis John Henry [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1895.268; MAA: AR 1895.147; B.95.268


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy


Local Term


Measurements

10mm x 36mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label adhered to reverse of display board: 'Undley. 1895. B.95.No268'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label adhered to display board: 'Unclassed 147 ['Pin' crossed out] (bronze) Undley, Suffolk F.J.H. Jenkinson, M.D.'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Display)
Object previously mounted on display board of hardboard, with metal pins.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to object: 'Undley'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1895.268-269: 'Two bronze pins; one short with peg top head and square sided short stem; the other with small round head and rounded stem.’
Event Date 1895
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Field collection)
Undley July 1895
Event Date 7/1895
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (References)
West, Stanley. (1998). A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk. East Anglian Archaeology, EAA 84. p. 79
Event Date 1998
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)
Short copper alloy pin with large ovoid head; stem has squared cross-section.
Event Date 28/4/2025
Author: Heather Donoghue


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