Context (Related Documents)
Old label accompanying object reads: "Saxon. Found with many other cinerary urns and some skeletons in a Saxon cemetery at the back of St John's College Cambridge during some levelling operations in the Christ's and Caius cricket field. March 1888 A. von Hugel'. [transcribed by T. Cotterill, 9/5/2001]
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label adhered to object reads: "Friday June 21st 1895". [transcribed by T. Cotterill, 9/5/2001]
Event Date 21/6/1895
Author: maa

Context (Other)
The label affixed to the object that reads 'Friday June 21st 1895' almost certainly refers to the date that the pot was reconstructed. This tallies with the entry in the Annual report that reads: 'Six decorated cinerary urns. Cambridge, Girton and Barrington. Restored in the Museum.'
Event Date 21/6/1895
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Hollingworth, Edith Joan, and Maureen M. O'Reilly. (1925). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Girton College, Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Event Date 1925
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Decorated pot.
Event Date 10/9/1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Reconstructed.
Event Date 9/5/2001
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Globular pot with a short everted rim and flat base. A row of stamps framed by irregular parallel grooves on the neck; a row of stamps framed by transverse grooves on the shoulder with three line pendant triangles filled with stamps; one stamp design present. Partially reconstructed using infill.
Event Date 7/12/2020
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Amendments / updates)
The origin of this pot is unclear. It had been found with a handwritten note stating it was found with the St John's College collection, but it has a label adhering to the inside of the pot reading 'Girton College'. However, on balance it is more likely that the label affixed to the object is correct and that the label found with it relates to another vessel. The source and the place fields have been updated to reflect Girton College as its provenance.
Event Date 7/12/2020
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Amendments / updates)
This accession number does not tally with the object described in the Accession Register as 1895.141, which is why its suffix was /Record 2. It instead refers to the Annual Report number, AR 1895.141 and the accession number field has been modified accordingly.
Event Date 4/8/2020
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
This object has suffered from not having an Accession Register entry. It was entered as the first of a group of six cinerary urns in the Annual Report from 'Cambridge, Girton and Barrington'. This urn was entered into the database as from the Girton Cemetery, however the note found with it indicates it is actually from the St John's Cricket Field cemetery. This information tallies with the Annual Report more closely because the list appears to be in order: AR 1895.142, the second in the series, was certainly excavated from Girton, the second site listed. This, therefore, suggest that this urn is from a Cambridge site, which the St John's Cricket Field is. Therefore, St John's Cricket Field has been added in the Place field and Girton College has been removed.
Event Date 4/8/2020
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)