Accession No

D 1931.1 L


Description

Socketed Axe with loop. Socket split. Casting flaw on socket. Prominent casting seams. Part of socket missing. Three indistinct horizontal mouldings.


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 L


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

47mm x 36mm x 107mm Weight 0.258kg


Events

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


Context (Related Documents)
Note on NBII Card states No. 17 -- this may be a collector's number.
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)
Loop. Socket split. Casting flaw on socket. Prominent casting seams. Part of socket missing. Three indistinct horizontal mouldings.
Event Date 1931
Author: maa


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


FM:10359

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