Accession No

1924.890 C


Description

74 pieces of worked flint, including flakes, a possible borer, a blade fragment, and microliths.


Place

Europe; Southern Europe; Malta; Borg in-Nadur


Period

?Bronze Age


Source

Murray, Margaret Alice [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1924.890 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Display)
Ten flakes previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board along with 1924.890 A and 1924.890 B. The board has a handwritten label reading: 'Borg En Nadur, Malta. Stone Pendant, obsidian and flint flakes. See M. A. Murray, Excavations in Malta, 1923.' Adhered to the back of the board is a second handwritten label reading: 'Pierced Limestone pendant, v. Murray, Excavations in Malta. Pl. VIII.25. Obsidian flake. v. Murray, p. 26. Flint flakes v. Murray. p. 31.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Murray, Margaret. (1923). Excavations in Malta: Part I. London: B. Quaritch. p. 30.
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card description for 1924.890 A-C: 'A: Limestone pendant, pierced. B: Obsidian flake. C: Numerous flakes of flint.'
Event Date 1924
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
See letter in Correspondence Archive from Margaret Murray, dated 9 September 1924, regarding this donation.
Event Date 9/9/1924
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
74 pieces of worked flint, including flakes, a possible borer, a blade fragment, and microliths.
Event Date 22/3/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Conservation (Museum Additions Removed)
CON.2024.5919 | Museum Additions Removed
Event Date 28/3/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer


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