Accession No

1926.166 A


Description

Small awl or point, formed from worked bone. Articulation at thickest end, tapering to a point at the other end; the very end of which is broken off and is missing. Smoothed surfaces. Concave on underside, with some of the porous bone structure visible at the thickest end.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Greece; Thessaly; Tsangli


Period

Late Neolithic


Source

Museum of Classical Archaeology [donor]; Wace, Alan John Bayard (Professor) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1926.166 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone; Animal Bone


Local Term


Measurements

67mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1926.166 [A-C]: '2 ground celts and bone awl.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Display label for 1926.165-6, printed reads: 'Tsangli, Unstratified' and handwritten underneath: 'Late Neolithic'.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Labels & Markings)
Written in black ink: 'Tsangli U[nstratified].'
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle


Context (Field collection)
Unstratified find. Excavated by Alan J.B. Wace, British School at Athens, 1910.
Event Date 1910
Author: maa


Context (References)
Wace, Alan J. & Thompson, Maurice S. (1912). Prehistoric Thessaly: Being some account of recent excavations and explorations in north-eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the borders of Macedonia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 86-130
Event Date 1912
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1926.166 [A-C] reads: 'Ground celts and bone awl or pin.'
Event Date 1926
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Small awl or point, formed from worked bone. Articulation at thickest end, tapering to a point at the other end; the very end of which is broken off and is missing. Smoothed surfaces. Concave on underside, with some of the porous bone structure visible at the thickest end.
Event Date 12/3/2024
Author: Sophie Wardle


FM:49528

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