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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