Accession No

D 1931.1 A


Description

Socketed Axe with loop. Crescentic blade. Edge of blade damaged. Surface pitted. Four ribs, two on edges of socket.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Chesterton; Milton Road


Period

Later Bronze Age


Source

Winship, A. [depositor and vendor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

D 1931.1 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

70mm x 46mm x 102mm Weight 0.407kg


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Note on NBII card states No. 9 - this may be a collector' s number.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Ref. Plate 2.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Field collection)
Milton Road, Chesterton Hoard.
Collected by Winship.A around 1927.


Event Date 1927
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Socketed Axe with loop. Crescentic blade. Edge of blade damaged. Surface pitted. Four ribs, two on edges of socket.
Event Date 1931
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
This collection purchased in 1951 but not renumbered.
Event Date 1951
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:10347

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