Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'St ACHEUL'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Flint handaxe.
Event Date 04/02/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Other)
This object is incorrectly marked 1925.18, erroneously connecting it to Palaeolithic material donated by William M. Tapp. As 1925.18 and 1923.1074 have been confused over the years (see Context notes for both idnos), this object has now been assigned 1923.1074 E.2. Both objects defined as 1923.1074 E.1-2 show inscriptions but these inscriptions have not been sufficient in linking them to a specific collection. William Ransom has been added tentatively to the source field.
Event Date 11/2/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Other)
1923.1074 was entered in the Accession Register as 'L[ower] Palaeo[lithic] C[oup] de P[oing]s etc. 1 Moust[erian] point' from France, as part of William Ransom's collection given by his son Francis. Apart from the Mousterian point, there is no indication of the number of objects associated with 1923.1074, and Ransom is not known to have numbered his collections with a distinguishing label or mark. At an unknown point after 1923 at least one previously accessioned French handaxe (1883.12 A, see also 1888.14.2) was erroneously marked '1923.1074'. Other French handaxes marked '1923.1074' certainly came into the museum from other donors – four from G.J.B. Fox (now TEMP.00815-TEMP.00818), one from Walter K. Foster (now TEMP.00819) – but their correct accession number is unknown, if they were ever assigned one. It is therefore clear that not all the objects marked and subsequently given catalogued cards as 1923.1074 were actually part of the Ransom collection, and it is currently impossible to identify which were in the 1923 donation. 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 France (see also 1925.18).
Event Date 11/2/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau