Accession No
1951.391 B
Description
Flint axe with transverse edge
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Bottisham
Period
Mesolithic
Source
Sedgwick Museum [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.391 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in faded ink: 'Bottisham'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Other)
Catalogue card notes: "A similar one was found on the Grooved Ware site at Honnington, Suffolk"
Event Date 1951
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Flint axe with transverse edge
Event Date 1951
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Record 2: Tranchet axe
Event Date 21/8/1986
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'A Survival Story: Prehistoric Life at Star Carr', Li Ka Shing Gallery, Case 2.03, 21 June 2018 - 16 March 2020.
Event Date 21/6/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2018.5 | A Survival Story: Prehistoric Life at Star Carr
Event Date 21/6/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:10252
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