Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for Z 11489: 'Iron scramasax.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Other owners)
This scramasax may be the one discussed by Rev. Conybeare to the Cambridge Antiquarian Society at their meeting on 18 May 1903, as 'an exceptionally good specimen of the seaxe' in his collection (p. 438). It is not clear whether it was found in the Hooper's Field (Barrington B), as are other finds mentioned early in the paragraph by Conybeare.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Conybeare, J.W.E. (1904). ‘Objects Found at Barrington.’ Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 10(4). pp. 434-439
Event Date 1904
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1913.299: 'A narrow, tanged blade, the cutting-edge and two-thirds of the very stout back are straight, the remaining third of the back slopes to the point, both faces are grooved and show traces of an ornate band (14".5 x 0".9).'
Event Date 1913
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Fox (1923) dates this to the 10th century.
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pl. XXXVI.13, p. 301
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Related Documents)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1938). 'Anglo-Saxon Remains' in Salzman, L.F. (ed), 'The Victoria History of the County of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely', Vol. 1. p. 327 (no. 45), Pl. X.m
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Lethbridge (1938) dates this to the late 10th or 11th century.
Event Date 1938
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Archaeology Gallery, Clarke Gallery case 48, 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Scramasax with damascened blade
Event Date 27/3/1987
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
At an unknown date this object became disassociated with its original accession number (1913.299) and was re-accessioned as Z 11489. It has now been matched up, and the Source field populated with the information from the 1913 Accession Register.
Event Date 23/3/2021
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)