Context (References)
(Bib): Blashford-Snell, J N. 1970. 'Conquest of the Blue Nile'. The Geographical Journal, vol. 136(1). pp 42-60
Event Date 1970
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Sandhurst Ethiopia Expedition
Event Date 25/2/1993
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (CMS Description)
Obsidian & stone tools: B = 8
Event Date 25/2/1993
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Amendments / updates)
A letter from Mansel Spratling dated 3 August 1968 to John [?Coles] and passed on to Geoffrey Bushnell (see 1968 correspondence) describes his efforts to arrange for a collection of archaeological finds to be transferred from Ethiopia to Cambridge for comparative purposes. In this, he mentions 'the obsidian finds from the South found on John Blashford-Snell's previous expedition in 1966' as well as his own planned excavations. This suggests that the 1968 donation (the majority of which is obsidian) may have come via the Ethiopian Institute of Archaeology, rather than directly from the Sandhurst Ethiopia Expedition (led by Blashford-Snell). Further correspondence about this donation, and in particular regarding the findspots of the material, has not yet been identified.
Event Date 24/5/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)