Accession No
Z 15501
Description
Tranchet axe
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Chippenham
Period
Mesolithic
Source
Fox, G. J. B. [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 15501
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Green square label affixed to object with handwritten: '7.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink, partially faded: '143 [or 148] [unclear] Chippenham, Cambs 1881.'
Event Date 1881
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Auction / Sale)
According to GJB Fox's catalogue (see GO1/1/25), this was purchased from A.G.W. in October 1912.
Event Date 10/1912
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in blue paint of Fox Collection: '409 Chippenham'.
Event Date 10/1912
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (CMS Description)
Stone Tranchet Axe
Event Date 27/8/1986
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
There was previously no Source information. The number 409 identifies it as part of the GJB Fox collection, and the field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 22/1/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn
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:10274
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