Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in red ink: '44330' [MAN / Musée des Antiquités Nationales number].
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
Small label with blue border affixed to object reads: 'No 2'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
Small label with blue border affixed to object but nothing written on it.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
Flower-shaped paper label affixed to object - illegible.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Other owners)
This object is part of a larger loan of Palaeolithic material from the French Government to the Museum, arranged in 1919 between Dr Reinach and Miles Burkitt for use as a teaching collection (see Loan File). Most of the objects are marked with the Musée des Antiquités Nationales (MAN)’s distinctive red number. They were accessioned in 1978 with Z numbers, but remain on loan from MAN.
Event Date 1919
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Stone Handaxe.
Event Date 29/8/1991
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
This object is incorrectly marked 1923.1074, erroneously connecting it to Palaeolithic material donated by William Ransom. It is instead part of Z 25814, which was lent to the museum from Musée des Antiquités Nationales (MAN) and is marked with MAN's numbering system; this identification was confirmed by loan lists (see Loan File) and by the manuscript note found with other objects also catalogued as Z 25814. It is unclear why or when this mistake took place, but it may relate to the fact that 1923.1074 and Z 25814 are both Palaeolithic material from France.
Event Date 06/2/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau