Accession No
Z 16229
Description
Globular pot with slightly everted rim and obtuse-angled, flat base. Decorated below neck with at least one horizontal groove, then possibly alternating panels of stamps and diagonal crosses, then row of circular stamps bounded by horizontal grooves. At shoulder, at least six narrow longitudinal bosses interspersed with three-lined, stamped pendant triangles with single stamp at terminal apex. At least two stamp types present. 18 sherds detached but present; two rim sherds present. Sections of rim, body and base 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 16229
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
240mm x 140mm x 240mm
Events
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: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Kate Sutton: 'Bottom half of pot with 19 loose sherds present. Half the base broken off and missing. The pot is decorated with incised 'V's and circles.'
Event Date 9/5/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Globular pot with slightly everted rim and obtuse-angled, flat base. Decorated below neck with at least one horizontal groove, then possibly alternating panels of stamps and diagonal crosses, then row of circular stamps bounded by horizontal grooves. At shoulder, at least six narrow longitudinal bosses interspersed with three-lined, stamped pendant triangles with single stamp at terminal apex. At least two stamp types present. 18 sherds detached but present; two rim sherds present. Sections of rim, body and base missing.
Event Date 25/11/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:9067
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