Accession No
1953.14 B
Description
Butt beaker of red ware with a chocolate fumed surface stopping short of the base. One broad zone of rouletting from two directions. Sharp rimmed and incurved above the foot. Two raised cordons defining two zones of rouletted ornamentation. Gallo Belgic.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Snailwell
Period
Late Iron Age early Roman
Source
Newmarket Rural District Council [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1953.14 B; 6 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; Red Ware
Local Term
Measurements
115mm x 190mm x 115mm Weight 0.368kg
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card: 'Both were probably imported and not made locally...Compare Colchester Form 112 c b (Pl.LVII) Tiberian/Early Claudian as a rule'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Beaker of red ware with a chocolate fumed surface stopping short of the base. One broad zone of rouletting from two directions. Sharp rimmed and in-curved above the foot. Two raised cordons defining two zones of rouletted ornamentation. Gallo Belgic.
Event Date 1953
Author: maa
Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1954). 'Burial of an Iron Age Warrior at Snailwell'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 47. pp 25-37. p. 35. fig. 3.
Event Date 1954
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age C.
Event Date 10/6/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5606 | Remedial
Event Date 23/3/2023
Author: Kirstie French
Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:13399
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