Accession No

Z 29651


Description

Incomplete pot, with missing rim and flat base. Decorated above shoulder with band of stamps and three horizontal grooves above and below. Groups of parallel grooves run vertically over the shoulder. Two pieces present, both reconstructed from sherds; white marks on surface, possibly plaster.


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [depositor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 29651


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Other)
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 (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)
See catalogue card for sketch diagram of stamps
Event Date 17/9/1986
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
2 large fragments from an urn. Shoulder decoration of bands of incised lines and stamps.

Event Date 17/9/1986
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description from Sarah-Jane Harknett: 'Both sherds reconstructed from several sherds'
Event Date 9/5/2001
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (Physical description)
Incomplete pot, with missing rim and flat base. Decorated above shoulder with band of stamps and three horizontal grooves above and below. Groups of parallel grooves run vertically over the shoulder. Two pieces present, both reconstructed from sherds; white marks on surface, possibly plaster.
Event Date 30/11/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


FM:9192

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