Accession No
TEMP.01074
Description
A flint adze or axe with ground cutting end and affixed into a modern haft.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Soham
Period
Neolithic
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.01074; ARC 1975/3L [Loan No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
47mm x 139mm x 16mm
Events
Context (Display)
This object was on loan from MAA to the National Maritime Museum (NMM) from 1975 until around 31st December 1985, see Archive MM1/7/10. ARC 1975/3L is the Loan Number possibly assigned by MAA, though in correspondence between MAA and the NMM in the Archive, NMM refer to this as 'Our Number'.
Event Date 1975
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A flint adze or axe with ground cutting end and affixed into a modern haft.
Event Date 6/3/2020
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2020.4377 | Remedial
Event Date 9/3/2020
Author: Kirstie French
FM:286740
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