Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'KEMPSTONE.'
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Handwritten label, probably for display, found with 1923.1078 although it may also refer to other material from Kempston: 'Worked flints. Found in a portion of the Great Northern Drift nr. Kempston'
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Handwritten label, probably for display, found with 1923.1078 although it may also refer to other material from Kempston: 'Palaeolithic Implements found near Kempson'
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Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Coups de poing, etc.'
Event Date 1923
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Broken handaxe, butt end missing.
Event Date 25/6/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Other)
1923.1078 was entered in the Accession Register as ‘Palaeos' Bedford[shire], as part of William Ransom’s collection given by his son Francis. The catalogue card lists 'coups de poing, etc.' but there is no indication of the number of objects associated with 1923.1078. At an unknown point after 1923 at least three objects from another collection - G.J.B Fox (now TEMP.00923-00925) - were erroneously marked ‘1923.1078’ but their correct accession number is unknown, if they were ever assigned one. Therefore it is by no means certain that all the other objects marked '1923.1078' are in fact from the Ransom Collection. However, the handwritten marks on 1923.1078 A.1-9 and 1923.1078 B.1-9 are very similar and may be by the same hand (although the spelling of Kempston varies between A and B) and, in addition to this handwritten mark, 1923.1078 B.9 has a label affixed that notes definitively that it is from the Ransom Collection (alone amongst the rest of the objects). Therefore it is likely 1923.1078 A.1-9 and 1923.1078 B.1-9 are probably all from Ransom. 1923.1078 C.1-6 all bear the distinctive markings from Sir John Evans' collection, but Evans and Ransom were known to each other (see Context) so this does not exclude these objects from also coming through Ransom. 1923.1078 D is marked in an entirely different hand and is perhaps the most uncertain as to being part of the Ransom Collection. Although it is unknown why or when this mistake took place, it may relate to the fact that all the material in question is from Palaeolithic Bedfordshire (see also 1923.1074).
Event Date 25/6/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)