Accession No

Z 43670


Description

Globular urn with everted rim. Decorated around the neck with two grooves, a band of stamps and a further two grooves. Around the shoulder are shallow long bosses, with the areas between decorated with multiple vertical parallel grooves and vertical rows of stamps. One stamp type used; ten sherds present.


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 43670; MAA: Z 16476; G.15


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


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: maa


Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville: 'Incised and stamped decoration with shoulder bosses. Possibly all from one vessel.'
Event Date 11/5/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Globular urn with everted rim. Decorated around the neck with two grooves, a band of stamps and a further two grooves. Around the shoulder are shallow long bosses, with the areas between decorated with multiple vertical parallel grooves and vertical rows of stamps. One stamp type used; ten sherds present.
Event Date 21/4/2021
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:9140

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