Accession No

Z 43671.1


Description

Plain pot or food vessel with a wide mouth, straight rim and flat base. The pot is undecorated and has been reconstructed from sherds; approximately half of the pot has broken away and is missing.


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [depositor]; ?Jenkinson, Francis John Henry [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 43671.1; MAA: Z 17163; G.24


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label adhering to the inside of the pot reads: 'Food vessel Girton College Grave 71.'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley


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: Sam Daisley


Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville description for Z 43671[.1-2]: 'Around half a plain vessel reconstructed from sherds. Also 2 small loose sherds from another vessel.'
Event Date 11/5/2001
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Plain pot or food vessel with a wide mouth, straight rim and flat base. The pot is undecorated and has been reconstructed from sherds; approximately half of the pot has broken away and is missing.
Event Date 3/12/2020
Author: Sam Daisley


FM:9141

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