Accession No

Z 29658.1


Description

88 sherds from two or more vessels. One flat base sherd, one rim sherd and one decorated with circular stamps. Others decorated with long narrow shoulder bosses with two parallel grooves either side and diagonal slash marks across the ridge. Some decorated with a band of raised cable design. Some sherds have coloured chalk lines on the back.


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Girton College, Cambridge [depositor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 29658.1


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 (Related Documents)
See catalogue card for sketch diagram of stamps
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Description of Z 29658[.1-2]: 'Fragments of one or more urns. Decorated with incised lines, stamps and small bosses on the shoulder. Also an iron staple.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
Note in Cyril Fox's hand reads: 'Girton College, Saxon, (Cowles).' (originally transcribed by J.Somerville 10/5/2001). Similar notes have been dated 1920.
Event Date 1920
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: Louise Puckett


Description (Physical description)
88 sherds from two or more vessels. One flat base sherd, one rim sherd and one decorated with circular stamps. Others decorated with long narrow shoulder bosses with two parallel grooves either side and diagonal slash marks across the ridge. Some decorated with a band of raised cable design. Some sherds have coloured chalk lines on the back.
Event Date 3/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett


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