Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. No. 9. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
Spun bowl in fragile condition. Base and rim intact but some of the body missing. Rivet holes 2 inches apart near the rim show where a single handle once was placed. An iron rivet remains in one of these holes. The rim is thickened and with a slight bevel and is grooved along the top. Adhering to the base and at one time soldered to it was a single foot of cast bronze . Inside the base is engraved a circle of herring bone ornament, 2 3/4 inches in diameter, in which is set a 13-petalled marigold with a central figure. The base has a series of engraved concentric circles.

Event Date 1953
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See card for sketch diagrams. The card has the following entries; 'This piece is probably an import and may be a Gaulish copy of a classical form. It seems to have been old and damaged when deposited'
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. pl. VI a, VII.
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: Louise Puckett

Description (Physical description)
Also soil from inside bottom of bowl.
Event Date 15/12/2000
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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

Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5670 | Remedial
Event Date 20/4/2023
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