Context (Field collection)
From the Merovingian Cemetery, Amiens, Somme.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1951.757 A-E: 'Five iron axe heads.'
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Acquisition Details)
Received as part of an exchange with the Muséum d'Historie Naturelle, La Rochelle in 1951.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Slight iron axe head with expanded blade.
Event Date 1951
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Other)
Accession Register for 1951.757-762 notes 'Returned to La Rochelle, July 1952' and the entries struck through. This note was then later struck through and an updated note reads: 'Received back again and re-entered, August 1952... See letter from Dr Loppé.' The catalogue card records the same information, but with the additional information that this was 'received back from Dr. Loppé.'
Event Date 1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Iron axe head with trapezoidal socket and flared, crescentic blade.
Event Date 17/4/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe