Accession No
1936.838 A.2
Description
Iron chisel or honing steel. Round-sectioned tang widening gently to produce a flat, spatulate blade which is rectangular in cross-section.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Shudy Camps
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1936.838 A.2; MAA: Z 21281.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron
Local Term
Measurements
151mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Steel
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Shudy Camps cemetery, Grave 57. Excavated by T.C. Lethbridge in 1933.
Event Date 1933
Author: maa
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1936). A Cemetery At Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire. Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Quarto Publications. New Series, V. Fig. 1 A.4
Event Date 1936
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Description from Z 21281.1: 'Chisel blade.
Event Date 14/5/1987
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Iron chisel or honing steel. Round-sectioned tang widening gently to produce a flat, spatulate blade which is rectangular in cross-section.
Event Date 13/4/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:19345
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