Accession No
1953.18
Description
Sherds from a tazza or bowl of brownish black native ware. Wheel-made and burnished on the outside. There are three raised cordons on the concave body each bordered on both sides by a groove. Gallo Belgic. There has been an attempt to repair the vessel with plaster but it has largely failed, and most of the sherds have come apart again.
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
1953.18; 3 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Weight 0.375kg
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. No. 3. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
This is of brownish black native ware. Wheelmade and burnished on the outside. There are three raised cordons on the concave body each bordered on both sides by a groove. Gallo Belgic.
Event Date 1953
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card: 'Compare Colchester form 211.B where the range is period 1 = 10-43 A.D.'.
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
Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age C.
Event Date 10/6/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Sherds from a tazza or bowl of brownish black native ware. Wheelmade and burnished on the outside. There are three raised cordons on the concave body each bordered on both sides by a groove. Gallo Belgic. There has been an attempt to repair the vessel with plaster but it has largely failed, and most of the sherds have come apart again.
Event Date 17/6/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5610 | Remedial
Event Date 23/2/2023
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:13404
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