Accession No

Z 16236


Description

Pot with an everted rim and flat base; neck is decorated with irregular grooves and squared stamps. Shoulder is decorated with double hanging arches filled with circular stamps; two stamp designs in total. An intentional hole on the shoulder and possibly on the base. Approximately one third of the body and most of the rim have come away and are partially present in three sherds. Pot has been reconstructed and a hole in the base filled with infill.


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 16236


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

230mm


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: Sam Daisley


Description (CMS Description)
'Pot. Half of the body and most of the rim missing. Reconstructed, partially using cork. 3 loose sherds. Decorated with stamps and incised lines around the neck and shoulder. S-J Harknett 9/5/2001'
Event Date 15/9/1986
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Pot with an everted rim and flat base; neck is decorated with irregular grooves and squared stamps. Shoulder is decorated with double hanging arches filled with circular stamps; two stamp designs in total. An intentional hole on the shoulder and possibly on the base. Approximately one third of the body and most of the rim have come away and are partially present in three sherds. Pot has been reconstructed and a hole in the base filled with infill.
Event Date 1/12/2020
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:9074

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