Shield grip

Details

• Title

  Shield grip

• Associated people

  John Yonge Akerman (1806 - 1873) (excavator)

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Oxfordshire › West Oxfordshire District › Standlake parish › Brighthampton Saxon cemetery (Grave 6) (place of excavation)

• Date

  Early Anglo-Saxon period (Britain) (AD 400 - 650)

• Material and technique

  iron

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron

• Object type

  component › handle

• Dimensions

  12.2 cm (length)
  min 1.5 cm (width)
  max 3.8 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the excavators.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1966.21

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