Accession No

Z 43640


Description

Sherds from three or more pots. One pot with everted rim, decorated with grooves and a band of stamps around the neck, bosses and vertical grooves around the shoulder; one vessel with everted rim and flat base decorated with grooves and a row of stamps around the neck, bosses, vertical grooves and vertical stamps around the shoulder; a third, thin-walled vessel with vertical grooves. One stamp type used; 12 sherds present.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Girton; Girton College


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [depositor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 43640; MAA: Z 16475; G.8


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
The catalogue card for Z 16475 has the following entry: 'Found in attic - stored by Cyril Fox. Packed in newspapers more or less contemp. with original excavation. Packets had been complete (but broken) pots; these have been transferred and numbered G.1-14, but because of disintegration of newspaper, may be inaccurate.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn


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: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville: '11 sherds (some made up of multiple sherds glued together) from 2 pots. Both are decorated with bosses, verticle lines and horizontal incised bands with stamped decoration inside the bands.'
Event Date 11/5/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Sherds from three or more pots. One pot with everted rim, decorated with grooves and a band of stamps around the neck, bosses and vertical grooves around the shoulder; one vessel with everted rim and flat base decorated with grooves and a row of stamps around the neck, bosses, vertical grooves and vertical stamps around the shoulder; a third, thin-walled vessel with vertical grooves. One stamp type used; 12 sherds present.
Event Date 3/12/2020
Author: Katrina Dring


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