Accession No
1900.489 B
Description
Handle, possibly for an awl, made from the metapodial of a hoofed animal. Unworked condyle at one end and the other worked to form a rectangular shaped protrusion with hole perforated latitudinally through the centre. Green wash across the surface and incised lines on the worked end.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge
Period
?Neolithic ?Bronze Age ?Iron Age ?Roman ?Anglo Saxon ?Medival ?Post Medieval
Source
Freeman, Samuel J. [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1900.489 B; 2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
165mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to object reads: '1900.489 B. Awl. Cambridge. d.d. S. J. Freeman'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Labels & Markings)
Typed label adhered to object reads: '2'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Stained green.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1900.489 [A-M]: 'Thirteen bone awls, ?socketed, etc.'
Event Date 1900
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Handle ?for an awl.
Event Date 28/8/2001
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Physical description)
Handle, possibly for an awl, made from the metapodial of a hoofed animal. Unworked condyle at one end and the other worked to form a rectangular shaped protrusion with hole perforated latitudinally through the centre. Green wash across the surface and incised lines on the worked end.
Event Date 17/1/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:19499
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