Accession No
1953.12 C.1
Description
Large two handled jug, Type 163 B. Regularly reeded lip and splayed neck with a series of grooves and bulged bands. Puriform body and foot ring. 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
1953.12 C.1; 2.B [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
230mm x 290mm x 230mm Weight 1.45kg
Events
Context (Related Documents)
A loose note seen with the object reads '2.B' in pencil.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card: 'Compare Caninlodunum form 163 A and B where the range is I-IV (10-61 AD)'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Large two handled jug, Type 163 B. Regularly reeded lip and splayed neck with a series of grooves and bulged bands. Puriform body and foot ring. Gallo Belgic.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. No. 2.B. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Dated to before the middle of the 1st Century AD.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Large two handled jug. Type 163 B. Regularly reeded lip and splayed neck with a series of grooves and bulged bands. Puriform body and foot ring. The ware is slightly pinker than 1953.12 A-B. Restored. 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: Jane Pettitt
Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age C.
Event Date 10/6/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5616 | 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:13414
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