Accession No

1953.13 A


Description

Flagon of fine, white ware with squat body, short narrow neck, vertical ringed mouth piece and foot ring. Single broad ribbon handle. Three-reeded handle and six rings on the mouth piece, there are small red flecks in the white paste. Gallo Belgic.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Snailwell


Period

Late Iron Age early Roman


Source

Newmarket Rural District Council [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1953.13 A; 1 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

290mm x 330mm x 290mm Weight 2.2kg


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card: 'The type approximates Form 153 at Colchester where it was not common and had a range of I/111-IV = 10-61 A.D.' and 'The type was probably imported'.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
A loose label seen inside the pot (but can not currently be retrieved) reads 'Pot 1 Snailwell' in pencil, the '1' has been circled.
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. No. 1. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Flagon of fine, white ware with squat body, short narrow neck, vertical ringed mouth piece and foot ring. Single broad ribbon handle. Three-reeded handle and six rings on the mouth piece. There are small red flecks in the white paste. Tiny bit broken from centre of the base. 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.
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


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


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5622 | Remedial
Event Date 6/3/2023
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:13410

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