Context (Other owners)
In a series of letters with deputy curator Alfred C. Haddon in 1920, Joseph Wilkinson provided photographs and details of some of the objects he excavated from Edix Hill. This was intended to assist Haddon in identifying Wilkinson's collection from within the larger 1914 Trinity College Loan Collection. Wilkinson explains that the objects have 'a small figured label attached' and are often mounted together on cardboard, which should allow those objects that weren't included in the photographs to be identified. The numbering system, which was likely instituted by Wilkinson himself, follows the order of objects discussed in Wilkinson's report on the excavation; namely in grave number order. These numbers have therefore, in some cases, been used to assign grave numbers to objects where that information had become disassociated. Where possible, Wilkinson's numbers have been added to the Other Number field. (see GO3/9/6, WO8/4/1 and WO8/2/5)
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16393[.1-2]: 'Spears'
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Author: maa

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Context (Related Documents)
See photograph in archive (GO3/9/2)
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Old handwritten label affixed to object reads: '38'
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Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

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Context (Field collection)
Grave 14, Edix Hill (Barrington A) cemetery. Excavated by Joseph Wilkinson in March 1861.
Event Date 3/1861
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (Display)
Joseph Wilkinson displayed the grave goods and human remains, or a selection thereof, from his excavations at the Evening Meeting of the London, Middlesex, and Surrey Archaeological Societies on 21 May 1862.
Event Date 21/5/1862
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Wilkinson, Joseph (1864). ‘Proceedings of the Evening Meetings: On the Discovery of an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Near Barrington Cambridgeshire.’ Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, vol. II. pp. 50-56.
Event Date 1864
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Wilkinson, Joseph. (1868). 'Cambridgeshire'. In Charles Roach Smith (ed.), Collectanea Antiqua, Vol. 6. London: J.R. Smith. pp 154-165
Event Date 1868
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (Display)
On Tuesday, 27 August 1878 members of the British Archaeological Society visited Trinity College Library where the sub-librarian, Mr. White, gave a ‘short, but most valuable account of the more or less recent discoveries in the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Orwell, close to Barrington, in Cambridgeshire, and which, begun in 1860, have been going on ever since’ (Cambridge Independent Press, 31 August 1878, p. 6). This suggests that Wilkinson’s collection had been donated to the Trinity Library by this stage, and was used as an illustration for White’s talk. (In 1920 Wilkinson recollected that he had sent the collection to Mr. White (‘then curator’) ‘about 1880’ (see WO8/4/1), making a donation of circa 1878 seem plausible.)
Event Date 27/8/1878
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (Acquisition Details)
The material excavated in 1860-61 from Edix Hill (Barrington A) by Joseph Wilkinson was sent by him to Trinity College Library in around 1878 and ultimately came to MAA as part of the 1914 Trinity College Loan Collection, although it may not have physically arrived at the museum until later. (see correspondence between deputy curator Alfred C. Haddon and Wilkinson in 1920, WO8/4/1)
Event Date 1914
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Malim, Tim and Hines, John. (1998). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Edix Hill (Barrington A), Cambridgeshire. CBA Research Report 112. York: Council for British Archaeology.
Event Date 1998
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (Analysis)
Malim and Hines (1998) identified this spearhead form as Type G2, using Wilkinson's illustration in Collectanea Antiqua (p. 92).
Event Date 1998
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Description (Physical description)
Iron spearhead with split socket. Blade has sloped shoulders and a slight midrib. Remains of wooden haft present in socket. Some loss to both edges of blade.
Event Date 5/5/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

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Context (Amendments / updates)
When this spearhead was accessioned, along with Z 16393.2, it was listed as having no provenance ('Cambs., no provenance') and was tentatively dated as Viking or Medieval. However, the number and handwriting on the label ('38.') identifies it as part of Joseph Wilkinson's numbering system, which is corroborated by its illustration in Collectanea Antiqua (Pl. XXIX.9) and in Wilkinson's photograph (see GO3/9/2). Its Wilkinson number identifies it as from Grave 14 from Edix Hill (Barrington A). Therefore, the Place, Source and Period fields have been updated accordingly and the Field Collection information entered. (Z 16393.2 does not match any known spearheads from Wilkinson's excavations, and was likely grouped with Z 16393.1 as another 'unprovenanced' spearhead)
Event Date 16/1/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)