Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'PESCHIERA. FB.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (References)
University of Cambridge, Museum of General and Local Archaeology. (1892). 'The Walter K. Foster Bequest. Catalogue of the Antiquities.'
Event Date 1892
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy tool, possibly a pricker or awl. Long rod with one end broken and one end pointed. Rod has a square cross-section for most of the length, and a circular cross-section at the point. Decorated with faint diagonal incised lines.
Event Date 25/4/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Analysis)
TEMP.02825 and TEMP.02826 were found stored together. These objects may correspond to the square-sectioned prickers from Peschiera that are listed in the Foster Bequest catalogue on page 17, section IV, numbers 12-13. This section of the catalogue lists a group of seven prickers, including 'two that are square in section, one round, and one square with both ends rounded and pointed', from Auvernier and Peschiera. It is unclear which of these objects are from Peschiera. A handwritten annotation beside this catalogue description reads 'Z 23974', however neither the accession register or catalogue card for this number mentions prickers or awls. It is therefore not possible to definitively match TEMP.02825 and TEMP.02826 to a Foster Bequest catalogue entry or a known accession number.
Event Date 25/4/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Amendments / updates)
This object was found marked with an incorrect accession number, Z 41674. This number is for a 'flat length of bronze with two hooks' from St Blaise, Switzerland, whereas the object is long with a square cross-section and is marked 'Peschiera' (Lake Garda, Italy). The object is also marked 'FB', for the Foster Bequest. No matching accession number or record could be found for the object, and thus the decision was taken to assign it a temporary accession number, TEMP.02825.
Event Date 25/4/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad