Accession No
Z 11512
Description
Pottery cooking pot of situla form. Flat pedestal base with sloping sides, slight shoulder and upright rim. Approximately half plaster reconstruction.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Shelford Road
Period
Iron Age
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 11512; 57
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
150mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label in Cyril Fox's hand affixed to object reads: 'Opp. [illegible], Shelford road, Gravel pit, TRUMPINGTON, 1907'.
Event Date
Author: margaret comer
Context (Related Documents)
Two loose handwritten labels found in vessel read: '57'.
Event Date
Author: margaret comer
Context (Field collection)
From gravel pit, Shelford Road, collected in 1907.
Event Date 1907
Author: maa
Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 95, plate xvi.1.
Event Date 1923
Author: margaret comer
Description (Physical description)
Tall cooking pot of situla form, punched out base. Smooth soapy surface to ware
Event Date 2/9/1986
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Old display label found with object reads: 'Shelford Road gravel pit, Trumpington. Fox. A.C.R. pl.XVI. 1. Z.11512'.
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: margaret comer
Description (Physical description)
Tall cooking pot of situla form, punched out base. Finger marks visible above shoulder. Smooth soapy surface to ware. Approximately half reconstructed using plaster.
Event Date 15/7/2016
Author: margaret comer
Description (Physical description)
Pottery cooking pot of situla form. Flat pedestal base with sloping sides, slight shoulder and upright rim. Approximately half plaster reconstruction.
Event Date 27/6/2022
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:8893
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