Object

Accession No

Z 29650.1

Description

Nine sherds from a pot decorated with four parallel grooves around neck, followed by S-shaped stamps and two parallel grooves. Shoulder decorated with grooves and pendant triangles filled with one stamp design; two designs present on pot. Possible heat spalling. Rim and base sherds are missing.

Place

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

Period

Anglo Saxon

Source

Girton College, Cambridge [depositor]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

Z 29650.1

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
White label attached to one sherd reads: 'Girton coll.'
Event Date
Author: Sam Daisley

Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card for Z 29471 has the following entry: 'Z 29471, 29477-9, 29638-29670 are all packed in the groups in which they were stored in the attic.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Related Documents)
See catalogue card [for Z 29650] for sketch diagram of stamps
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: Sam Daisley

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 29650[.1-2]: 'Fragments of more than one urn and one perforated rim sherd. Incised lines and stamps.'
Event Date 17/9/1986
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Nine sherds from a pot decorated with four parallel grooves around neck, followed by S-shaped imprints and two parallel grooves. Shoulder decorated with grooves and pendant triangles filled with stamps; one design present. Possible heat spalling.
Event Date 30/11/2020
Author: Sam Daisley

FM:9191