Context (Analysis)
This axe was sampled as part of the Council for British Archaeology's Sub-Committee for Implement Petrology, at an unknown date. The subsequent analysis identified the stone as Group VI, epidotized intermediate tuff from Great Langdale, Lake District. See report in the archive (GO1/2/2).
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Ground stone axe head.
Event Date 1921
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
'Since given with the main Ransom Collection'. [The Ransom deposit was permanently given to the museum in 1923, but it doesn't seem that this axe was assigned a new 1923 idno at that stage. 19/4/2023 Imogen Gunn]
Event Date 1923
Author: maa

Context (References)
Clough, T.H.McK. and Green, B. (1972). 'The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia'. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, vol. 38, pp 108-155. (CAM 69)
Event Date 1972
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Clough, T.H.McI. and W.A. Cummins (eds.). (1988). Stone Axe Studies Volume 2: The Petrology of Prehistoric Stone Implements for the British Isles. CBA Research Report No. 67. p. 175 (no. CAM 69)
Event Date 1988
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Amendments / updates)
This axe was deposited by Francis Ransom in 1921, and assigned the deposit number D 1921.R.13 (the 'R' for Ransom) presumably to distinguish it from a separate 1921 deposit by Joseph Beldam which were given very similar numbers, including D 1921.B.13 (the 'B' for Beldam). This understandably caused confusion and at some stage they were instead assigned the suffix /Record 1 and /Record 2 to distinguish them from each other (e.g. D 1921.13/Record 2). The decision was taken to assign each a new suffix, where the Ransom axe becomes D 1921.13 A and the Beldam vessel becomes D 1921.13 B.
Event Date 19/4/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn