Object: Cake
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum,Presented by Hon. Curator Aldernan,H. Laver, FSA,(2349.11)
Site: England,Essex,Shoebury III
Parish: Shoebury
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 126
Width (mm): 94
Thickness (mm): 28
Patina: Various shades of light brown.
Surface: Very rough and unformed. Almost covered with light brown earth. Parts are crumbly and a light green colour.
Composition: Copper
Other: Thickness: 28mm; 35mm
Associations: From a Bronze Founder's Hoard
Description: A large lump of copper which has been used as an anvil.
Publications: Butcher (1923), T.E.A.S. XVI, (N.S.), 266