Accession No

Z 16221


Description

Incomplete pot with high shoulder, everted rim and flat base. Decorated with four parallel grooves around the neck, followed by a band of stamps and three further grooves. Below this is a band of three lined chevrons containing four different types of stamp. Eight sherds 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 16221


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten on surface: 'GIRTON'

Handwritten note adhered to object reads: 'Girton College'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett


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 (CMS Description)
Very ornate fragmentary pot.
'8 sherds of one vessel. Some of which are comprised of smaller sherds that have been glued back together. Pot is heavily decorated above the shoulder. K. Sutton 9/5/2001'
Event Date 10/9/1986
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Incomplete pot with high shoulder, everted rim and flat base. Decorated with four parallel grooves around the neck, followed by a band of stamps and three further grooves. Below this is a band of three lined chevrons containing four different types of stamp. Eight sherds present.
Event Date 27/11/2020
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:9034

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