Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card for 1953.210-424 and Z 31677-83 states a date of Neolithic, 1000-c.300 BC.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Information extracted from the original Context field dated the material to ?9th-?3rd century BC, 11th-?4th century BC, and 1000-300 BC. The Period field stated 'Meroitic' which shall remain at present. More investigation of the material will have to be undertaken to fully assess and date the objects.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Field collection)
From Site 100, Grave 700. Axe found by the pelvis of a skeleton of uncertain sex. Pottery lip studs found in the filling. Animal bones (not in this collection) also found by the head, chest and left thigh. Excavated during the Wellcome expedition 1910-1914.
Event Date 1910
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Donated to MAA in 1946 by the Trustees of Sir Henry Wellcome.
Event Date 1946
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (References)
Addison, Frank. (1949). Jebel Moya. The Wellcome Expedition in the Sudan. vol. I Text, vol. II Plates. Oxford University Press: London. [full site report].
Event Date 1949
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
1 stone axe (i.C.c.1). 3 pottery lip studs (2 x F.2.a and F.1.b). 2 small, barrel-shaped beads of natrolite (H.4.d).
Event Date 1953
Author: maa