Accession No
Z 43648
Description
Sherds from one or more pots. One rim sherd; fourteen sherds with groove and stamp decorations; three stamp types in total. 61 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 43648; MAA: Z 16475; G.10
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
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label bagged with sherds reads: 'Girton College misfits'
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: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville: 'More than one vessel. Some sherds decorated, stamps and incised lines.'
Event Date 11/5/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Sherds from one or more pots. One rim sherd; fourteen sherds with groove and stamp decorations; three stamp types in total. 61 sherds present.
Event Date 4/12/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:9125
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