Accession No

1948.2597


Description

Iron axehead, flaring softly to the cutting edge. Squared butt with angular shoulders. Haft socket is present but approximately one quarter has come away and is missing; triangular hole for haft.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Petty Cury


Period

Viking


Source

Sedgwick Museum


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.2597


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements

190mm


Events

Context (CMS Context)
The card has the following entry: " Cf. London Museum Catalogue No. 1 Type IV" Found: Hatchet from black earth at about 5 feet in yard behind Mr.Las.V.Pryor' s shop.; Date: ?10 Century AD -; Collected in 1906; Deposit: Gravely soil cemented by rust -; Ref. Plate: cf. 10.1
Event Date 3/9/1986
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Metal; Iron Axehead
Event Date 3/9/1986
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Iron axehead, flaring softly to the cutting edge. Squared butt with angular shoulders. Haft socket is present but approximately one quarter has come away and is missing; triangular hole for haft.
Event Date 17/12/2020
Author: Sam Daisley


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