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

Description (Physical description)
Mortar. Decorated in relief with acorns.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label adhered to interior: 'Bronze mortar: dect in relief acorns, etc. ?Cambridge Prof. T. McK. Hughes., F. R. 1887'.
Event Date
Author: Esther Laver

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)
Between the acorns there are circles with ?lions inside them.
Event Date 3/9/2001
Author: Esther Laver

Description (Physical description)
Heavy mortar of copper alloy. Flared rim, with a raised ridge on the top; slightly tapering sides, flaring near the bottom; flat base, with slightly domed circular piece of copper alloy welded to the bottom. The body is decorated above the flaring with a pattern of alternating acorn motifs and lion motifs.
Event Date 8/1/2024
Author: Esther Laver