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