Accession No

1953.16.1


Description

Bell-mouthed pedestal-beaker of Terra Rubra. It has a constricted middle adorned with a raised cordon, and a carinated body. It is coated in fine red slip and has a polished surface. Gallo Belgic. The vessel has been reconstructed from sherds and infill.


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

1953.16.1; 7 [Excavation No.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

170mm


Events

Context (Analysis)
Cf. Form 74A at Colchester, where the range was I-III/IV (=10-48/61 AD.). Gallo-Belgic import.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
Neg. No. 52.44.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. No. 7. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (Physical description)
Bell-mouthed pedestal-beaker of Terra Rubra, with constricted middle and carinated body; fine red slip, highly polished; raised cordon round constricted body. Restored. 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.
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


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


Description (Physical description)
Bell-mouthed pedestal-beaker of Terra Rubra. It has a constricted middle adorned with a raised cordon, and a carinated body. It is coated in fine red slip and has a polished surface. Gallo Belgic. The vessel has been reconstructed from sherds and infill.
Event Date 17/6/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5596 | 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:13402

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