Accession No
1953.15 B
Description
Restored bell-shaped cup of Terra Nigra, carinated below the rim, possibly a native copy. Only one sherd retains black polish, the remainder is a dull grey. There is a heavy, deep foot-ring, with an illegible stamp on the base. 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
1953.15 B; 4 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
117mm x 76mm x 117mm Weight 0.213kg
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. No. 4. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Restored cup of the same type as A, far more poorly made (?native copy). Only one sherd retains black polish, the remainder is a dull grey. There is a heavy, deep foot-ring, in contrast to the light, shallow one on A; illegible stamp. Gallo Belgic.
Event Date 1953
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card: 'B a native copy...Imitating Loeschcke 7 and 8. Compare Colchester Form 56 C (Pl LIII) where the range is I-IV/VI (10-61/65)'. '1st half of 1st century'
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 (References)
Stead, I.M. (1967). ‘A La Tène III Burial at Welwyn Garden City’. Archaeologia, vol. 101. pp. 1-61.
Event Date 1967
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Description (Physical description)
Restored bell-shaped cup of Terra Nigra, carinated below the rim, possibly a native copy. Only one sherd retains black polish, the remainder is a dull grey. There is a heavy, deep foot-ring, with an illegible stamp on the base. Gallo Belgic.
Event Date 11/2/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5595 | Remedial
Event Date 7/2/2023
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:13401
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