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)
Bell-shaped cup of terra nigra, carinated below the rim and imitating Loeschcke 7 and 8. (Compare Colchester Form 56c (pl. liii), where the range is I-IV/VI, 10-61/65.). Intact cup in good condition, barring a few chips from the rim. Gallo Belgic.
Event Date 1953
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card: 'A was dug out by workmen... Imitating Loeschcke 7 and 8. Compare Colchester Form 56 C (Pl LIII) where the range is I-IV/VI (10-61/65)... The stamp on the base appears to read IVLLO=JULIOS as at Colchester PLXLVI.96. where it has also been found on Terra Nigra Form 56 and seems to date late Augustus/Claudius... Probably A was an import.
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 (Display)
Exhibited: Archaeology Gallery, case 38, Clarke Gallery, 1984-2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Amendments / updates)
As the catalogue card notes that this cup 'was dug out by workmen' it does not have an excavation number as the other Snailwell ceramics do. This is probably due to not being excavated by Lethbridge himself.
Event Date 14/2/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age C.
Event Date 10/6/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5612 | 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