Accession No

Z 16478


Description

Sherd; pot - '6 bags of sherds of plain and decorated sherds, representing multiple pots. Old label reads "G39". J. Somerville 14/5/2001'


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 16478; MAA: G 36-53


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Other)
Catalogue card description for Z 16478: 'Potsherds. Girton college cemetery. 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 G36-53 but because of disintegration of newspapers may be inaccurate'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


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: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Context (CMS Context)
Grave 39.
'Accession Register states "G36-53". Label with objects also reads "Z 43648". These objects may have been numbered twice. Now stored with Z 43656, also from Grave 39. J. Somerville 14/5/2001.'
Event Date 17/9/1986
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
'6 bags of sherds of plain and decorated sherds, representing multiple pots. Old label reads "G39". J. Somerville 14/5/2001'
Event Date 17/9/1986
Author: maa


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