Accession No
Z 16227
Description
Cinerary urn with low shoulder, high everted rim and flat base. Decorated with three irregular horizontal grooves around the neck followed by a band of multiple stamps and a further two horizontal grooves. long vertical shoulder bosses between which are panels of stamps. At least four types of stamp used. One large crack running from the rim to the base, parts of rim missing.
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 16227
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
245mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note found with object reads: 'April 7. Fragments of bronze and a small comb in this pot'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett
Context (Field collection)
The card has the following entry: "April 7th"
Event Date 7/4/1881
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 (CMS Description)
Fragments of bronze and a small comb in this pot.
'Half the rim is broken off and missing. There is one large crack stretching from the rim to the base. The pot is decorated with incised lines and stamped decoration. K. Sutton 9/5/2001'
Event Date 15/9/1986
Author: maa
Context (Other)
It is not currently clear whether the comb and bronze fragments excavated from this urn have been accessioned into the museum's collection, or what their idno is.
Event Date 27/11/2020
Author: Louise Puckett
Description (Physical description)
Pot with low shoulder, high everted rim and flat base. Decorated with three irregular grooves around the neck followed by a band of multiple stamps and a further two horizontal grooves. Below this are groups of stamps intersected by long vertical shoulder bosses. One large crack running from the rim to the base, parts of rim missing.
Event Date 27/11/2020
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:9065
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