Accession No

1883.177


Description

Small pot with three lines of cord impression just below rim.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Midsummer Common


Period

?Bronze Age ?Iron Age


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1883.177; MAA: C 12; ?C 17A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. p. 38. pl. IV no. 1B,
Event Date 1923
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
'The card has the following entry: " British. Old number C 17A" Found: Midsummer Common; Collected in 1810.' 'Label on pot records found 1860, marked 'C 12' on outside in white ink - 9/12/2004 A.Taylor.'

Fox notes this is Abercromby type 5.
Event Date 1/9/1986
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Three lines of cord impression just below rim.
Event Date 1/9/1986
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Label affixed to 1883.178 reads: 'Jan. 1860. Cam. Antiq. Soc. Found with the large vase on Midsummer Common, Cambridge'. This probably refers to 1883.177, indicating that they were found together.
Event Date 4/3/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (CMS Context)
Label affixed to vessel reads: 'Jan. 1860. Camb. Antiq. Soc. Found in the gravel, Midsummer Common, Cambridge. 1859.'
Event Date 4/3/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn


FM:8850

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