Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label adhered to interior: 'Bronze mortar (plain) ?Cambridge Prof. T. McK. Hughes, T.R.S. 1887.'
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver

Context (Auction / Sale)
Bought in Cambridge by the donor
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Plain mortar
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected or accessioned in 1887.
Event Date 1887
Author: Esther Laver

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register entry for 1888.71 [A-G]: 'Seven bronze mortars. (Two are ornamented in relief, on one there are traces of an inscription, two are plain and one has two handles).'
Event Date 1888
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Heavy mortar of copper alloy. Flaring rim with raised ridges; straight sides; flat base with sloping sides. The sloping sides of the flat base also have an illegible inscription.
Event Date 8/1/2024
Author: Esther Laver