Context (Display)
Previously mounted on plain paper-wrapped display board with handwritten label reading: 'Awl (bone). The Quay, Bridge St., Cambridge 1896. (Freeman Coll.) 267. * Camb. Ant. Soc. [A. 1901.213]'. 'Incised' is also noted on the board itself. A printed label reading '5' is affixed to the board's reverse. As is a further handwritten label reading: '(Freeman) Bridge St. Cambridge C.A.S 1901.'
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Field collection)
Found in 1896 by the Quay, Bridge Street.
Event Date 1896
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'One [bone awl] (8" long) perforated at the base.'
Event Date 1901
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Three incised lines just below the hole, forming a star-like decoration.
Event Date 31/8/2001
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Worked long-bone point or awl. Almost squared off at widest end, gradually tapering to a point. Circular perforation at widest end, with three incised lines forming a star decoration beneath. Deep pit adjacent to this appears to be a natural occurrence in the shape of the bone; additional incised line over the top of this. Underside is textured along half of its length, showing beginnings of the natural pitting at the centre of the bone. Otherwise smoothed and polished.
Event Date 18/1/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle