Accession No

Z 16193.1


Description

Cinerary urn with flat base and heat spalling to lower body. Decorated above shoulder with three bands of stamps with two horizontal parallel lines on either side. Three types of stamp used. Rim completely missing. One sherd detached but present.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Girton; Girton College


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [donor]; Jenkinson, Francis John Henry [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 16193.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

140mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 16193[.1-2] reads: 'Anglo-Saxon pot containing small comb fragment.'

Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett


Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for Z 16193 reads: 'Anglo-Saxon pot containing small comb fragment. See D 1924.37 onwards.'
Event Date
Author: maa


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: Louise Puckett


Description (Physical description)

Jean Somerville description for Z 16193[.1]: 'Reconstructed; rim broken away and missing. One loose sherd. Decorated with stamped and incised lines in circles around the vessel.'
Event Date 08/05/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Cinerary urn with flat base and heat spalling to lower body. Decorated above shoulder with three bands of stamps with two horizontal parallel lines on either side. Three types of stamp used. Rim completely missing. One sherd detached but present.
Event Date 4/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:9002

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