Accession No

1883.146


Description

Socketed Axe - Loop. Prominent rim; Heavily pitted; Horizontal moulding. Five ribs, outer pair on edge of face


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Littleport; Littleport Fen


Period

Bronze Age Later


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1883.146; MAA: 1883.146; PB 104; B 50


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Bronze


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Collected in 1860
Event Date 20/9/1988
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Loop. Prominent rim; Heavily pitted; Horizontal moulding. Five ribs, outer pair on edge of face
Event Date 20/9/1988
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
The axe is marked 'P.B.104. Littleport Fen' and 'B.50.' in white. The numbers have been added in the Number field without the periods as a precedent for this has been set.
Event Date 21/3/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
A looped socketed axe with the remains of wood on the surface of the interior.
Event Date 21/3/2014
Author: maa


FM:13388

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