Accession No
1900.489 A
Description
Handle 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.
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 A; 10
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
175mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to object reads: '1900.489 a. Aql. Cambridge. d.d. S. J. Freeman'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Description (Labels & Markings)
Typed label adhered to object reads: '10'
Event Date
Author: Alana Edgeworth
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)
Original record noted the object as an awl. The object is a bone handle ?for an awl.
Event Date 28/8/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Handle 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.
Event Date 17/1/2024
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:19500
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