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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