Accession No

Z 16240.1


Description

Undecorated cinerary urn with short upright rim and flat base. Mottled brown/orange surface colouring. Reconstructed from sherds, 12 sherds detached but 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 16240.1; T.S. 144


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to pot reads: 'Girton Col.'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 16240[.1-5]: 'Fragmentary pot with mutton? bones and comb fragment.'
Event Date
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


Context (CMS Context)
'Old piece of paper accompanies objects, reads: "Piece of Comb, bone, wood" S-J Harknett 9/5/2001'
Event Date 15/9/1986
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett description for Z 16240[.1-5]: 'Found - several pieces of animal bones, the comb and pot. Roughly half the pot has been stuck back together, plus 10 loose sherds (some consist of smaller sherds stuck together). Undecorated.'
Event Date 9/5/2001
Author: Louise Puckett


Description (Physical description)
Undecorated cinerary urn with short upright rim and flat base. Mottled brown/orange surface colouring. Reconstructed from sherds, 12 sherds detached but present.
Event Date 27/11/2020
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:9078

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