- Object name(s):
- Blacknall Field; comb; bone comb
- Brief description:
- 1 Early Saxon bone comb, made from a single piece of bone perforated on both sides with 2 smaller semi circular pieces of bone held on with metal rivets to the centre of each side to form a grip, from the pagan Saxon cemetery called 'Black Patch' at Blacknall Field, Pewsey, Wiltshire, excavated by Ken Annable and the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1969-1976.
- Collection:
- Wiltshire Museum
- Associated concept:
- archaeology
- Associated concept:
- early medieval
- Associated concept:
- early saxon
- Associated date:
- 1969
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1969
- Associated date:
- Period
- Date - period:
- saxon
- Associated organisation:
- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
- Associated place:
- SU154582
- Place coordinates:
- SU154582
- Associated place:
- Pewsey
- Associated place:
- Wiltshire
- Place status:
- cemetery
- Associated place:
- Blacknall Field
- Association note:
- Finds from the pagan Saxon cemetery called 'Black Patch' at Blacknall Field, Pewsey, Wiltshire, excavated by Ken Annable and the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1969-1976
- Association note:
- sponsor: Ministry of Public Buildings and Works
- Condition:
- good
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 98
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 49
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 10
- Dimension:
- length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 98
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 49
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 10
- Field collection date:
- 1969
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1969
- Date - latest:
- 1976
- Field collection method:
- excavation
- Field collection place:
- Place context:
- Grave 18
- Field collection place:
- Wiltshire
- Place status:
- cemetery
- Field collection place:
- Pewsey
- Field collection place:
- Field collection place:
- Place reference number:
- 1990.1
- Field collection place:
- Blacknall Field
- Field collector:
- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
- Material:
- bone
- Material:
- metal
- Material:
- iron
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object name:
- Blacknall Field; comb; bone comb
- Object number:
- DZSWS:1990.1.138
- Use reference number:
- previous number
- User's reference:
- Final excavation report by Bruce Eagles expected December 2006
- User's reference:
- The Anglo Saxon Cemetery at Blacknall Field, Pewsey, Wiltshire
- Reference author / editor:
- Annable, F K and B N Eagles
- Reference publication date:
- 2010
- Reference publisher:
- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1e7abeee-3ff9-38e9-94da-ce5f33cb5419
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1e7abeee-3ff9-38e9-94da-ce5f33cb5419, Wiltshire Museum, CC BY-NC
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