Accession No

Z 847 B


Description

Length of worked bone; perhaps a handle. Hollowed out, roughly cylindrical, although slightly flared at each end. Some cracking along length.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; St Andrews Street


Period

?Neolithic ?Bronze Age ?Iron Age ?Roman ?Anglo Saxon ?Medieval ?Post Medieval


Source

Hughes, Thomas McKenny (Professor) [collector and ?donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 847 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

85mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'Cellar St Andrew's St. Cambridge TMcKH 1880.'
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle


Description (Physical description)
Length of bone, circular in section and hollowed out.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Found: Cellar at the back of Mr. Rance's. Collected in 1880.
Event Date 1880
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
See Z 40660 for another object with the same provenance.
Event Date 13/1/2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Length of worked bone; perhaps a handle. Hollowed out, roughly cylindrical, although slightly flared at each end. Some cracking along length.
Event Date 19/1/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle


FM:19260

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