awl;
animal remains
- Museum number
- 1868,1228.498
- Description
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Bone awl fragment on sheep sized ulna; proximal epiphysis with part of shaft. Some smoothing and polishing of antero-posterior diameter of shaft.
- Dimensions
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Length: 81 millimetres
- Curator's comments
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Orlinska 2001
Findspot: Malitschkendorf (Burgwall); Landkreis Elbe-Elster; Brandenburg; Earthwork (Buck 1977, 62, no. 203, previous literature; see also Buck 1982, 113, no. 15).
Finds 1868,1228.496-500 were assigned in error to MK1 7584, which according to GA no. 25 had been given to 'bones from an old grave from' ‘Schlieben’; see II, 35.28-32.
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Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager 'Summary Catalogue' (draft MS) [comment relating to registration nos. 1868,1228.488-519]
Old numbers (Register):
7585, 773, 770, 359 and 307; running nos. 26, 343, 341, 337 and ? (307 not found in MS catalogue)
MS label:
[on an early Iron-Age brooch fragment, reg. no. 1868,1228.561a, from the same site reads:] Gesch[enk] D. Wagners
Provenance:
From the Burgwall between Schlieben and Malitschkendorf, Kr. Herzberg, Brandenburg, Germany
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1868,1228.498