Accession No
1931.358
Description
Socketed Axe - Loop. Crescentic blade. Edge of blade damaged. Socket flattened. Part of socket missing. Horizontal moulding
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Chesterton; Green End Road
Period
Layer Bronze Age
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1931.358
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
49mm x 20mm x 99mm Weight 0.188kg
Events
Context (Field collection)
Green End Road, Chesterton Hoard.
Found on Green End Road, during gravel-digging in a pit belonging to F. and P. Brown in ?1929, ?1930.
Ref.: Plate 1
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Acquisition Details)
Lethbridge and O'Reilly (1932): 'acquired for the Museum chiefly through the energies of Mr Oliver Rottman and Mr C.S. Leaf, to whom the Museum is much indebted; it was purchased with part of the C.A.S. grant'
Event Date 1931
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Loop. Crescentic blade. Edge of blade damaged. Socket flattened. Part of socket missing. Horizontal moulding
Event Date 1931
Author: maa
Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. and O'Rielly, M.M. (1932). 'Archaeological Notes'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol. XXXII. pp. 59-66. p.59-61. pl. I.
Event Date 1932
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
(Bib): Clark, Grahame. 1941. 'Prehistoric England'. B.T. Batsford LTD: London. Plate 58, pp. 63-64.
Event Date 1941
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:10392
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