Accession No
1883.172
Description
Copper alloy socketed sickle or hook. Cylindrical, open-ended, socket with one rivet hole on each side. Surface pitted. Edge of blade damaged. Edge of socket damaged.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; ?Norfolk; ?Cambridgeshire; Downham; Downham Fen
Period
Bronze Age Later
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1883.172; PB 114; ?PB 141; B 27
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
47mm x 26mm x 146mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Downham Fen Hoard.
Collected in Janary 1859.
Event Date 1859
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cylindrical, open-ended, socket with one rivet on their side. Surface pitted. Edge of blade damaged. Edge of socket damaged.
Event Date 1883
Author: maa
Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. pl. VIII no. 2C.
Event Date 1923
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Display)
Previously on display in archaeology gallery, Case 35, Clarke Gallery 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (References)
(Bib): Evans, J. 1881. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland.London: Longmans, Green. p. 199
Event Date 18/10/2004
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
B.C.R. Register reads: '(copper)'
Event Date 18/10/2004
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (References)
'B.C.R. Register reads: "Both these sickles [bracketing 1883.172 and 1883.171] are described by Evans in his Bronze Impl on p. 199" Ref. Plate: Figure 1; Plate 8.2; No. 248; No. 8.
Event Date 18/10/2004
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2017.3753 | Remedial
Event Date 3/3/2017
Author: Ruth Watson
FM:19942
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