Record ID: PAS-AE5532
Object type: SPILL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver casting spill. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the spill of 98%; it weighs 4.83 grams. The spill is bean-shaped, with three deep indentations on the underside; length, 16 mm. It may be spillage from casting a brooch or ingot. Abrasion and what might be a testing nick on the top surface suggest the possibility that the drop is Viking in date, although without an archaeological context it is difficult to be certain.
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Godmanchester', grid reference and parish protected.