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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