Accession No
1953.19
Description
Small bowl, of grey brown native ware with soapy burnished finish, wheel-made, with concave neck, short humped shoulder and carinated body. A groove encircles the base of the neck and the shoulder and the well defined base is slightly dished. Gallo Belgic. It has been reconstructed from sherds and infill, but this has failed and the vessel is now in multiple pieces.
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
1953.19; 4.A [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Weight 0.275kg
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.A. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Small, of grey brown native ware with soapy burnished finish. Wheel made. Restored. The concave neck, short humped shoulder and carinated body. A groove encircles the base of the neck and the shoulder. The well defined base is slightly dished. Gallo Belgic.
Event Date 1953
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card: 'The...neck...shoulder and...body compare most closely with Colchester form 224 which was a rare type and thought to belong to period 1 only = 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
Description (Physical description)
Now in pieces.
Event Date 14/12/2000
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age C.
Event Date 10/6/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Small bowl, of grey brown native ware with soapy burnished finish, wheel made, with concave neck, short humped shoulder and carinated body. A groove encircles the base of the neck and the shoulder and the well defined base is slightly dished. Gallo Belgic. It has been reconstructed from sherds and infill, but this has failed and the vessel is now in multiple pieces.
Event Date 17/6/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5611 | 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:13405
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