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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