Accession No
Z 24165
Description
One, bearing a number 59 and on a second old label the date 1893, was catalogued as a very fine dagger blade - but see Contexts field below - and the other as an oval knife, which has the date 1895 on an old label attached.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath
Period
Neolithic
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 24165
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
One, bearing a number 59 and on a second old label the date 1893, was catalogued as a very fine dagger blade - but see Contexts field below - and the other as an oval knife, which has the date 1895 on an old label attached.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
In September 2011, Dr Catherine Frieman, University of Oxford, examined the object described as a dagger blade and identified it as a knife rather than a dagger blade.
Event Date 09/20111
Author: maa
Context (References)
Frieman, Catherine J. (2014). 'Appendix: Catalogue of British (and Irish) Flint Daggers'. Proceedings for the Prehistoric Society, 80. catalogue no. 214.
Event Date 2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:21953
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