Accession No
1953.17
Description
Platter of Terra Rubra with profile rim, oblique side and flat base. In the centre of the base is stamped with the potters name CARIIVIR (CARTIVIR, ?Tiberian). Restored, but only a chip or two missing. Gallo Belgic.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Snailwell
Period
Late Iron Age early Roman 1st century AD c. 10-48
Source
Newmarket Rural District Council [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1953.17; 5 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
162mm x 28mm x 162mm Weight 0.284kg
Events
Context (Other)
Cf. Colchester Form 8. Gallo-Belgic import.
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. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/05/1952
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Platter of Terra Rubra, stamped CARIIVIR (CARTIVIR, ?Tiberian). Restored, but only a chip or two missing. 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. 33. 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)
Platter of Terra Rubra with profile rim, oblique side and flat base. In the centre of the base is stamped with the potters name CARIIVIR (CARTIVIR, ?Tiberian). Restored, but only a chip or two missing. Gallo Belgic.
Event Date 11/2/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age C.
Event Date 10/6/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5593 | 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:13403
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