Accession No
1953.11 B.1
Description
Large wine amphora of yellow-white clay, with a rounded, elongated body that is wider at the bottom and narrower at the top. Above the shoulder is a long, narrow neck with an everted rim, with two handles, one on either side, decorated with shallow vertical grooving. There is a long tubular spike with a blunt end protruding from the base. Gallo Belgic. There are several cracks across the body that have been repaired with infill.
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
1953.11 B.1; 2.C [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
280mm x 280mm x 900mm Weight 12.5kg
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card has another card attached showing: 'Plan of lay out of the grave at Snailwell Drainage trench ran across Southern End.'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Display)
Display label reads: 'Imported wine amphorae, probably Gallo-Roman'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. No. 2.C. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
The material seems to date just pre-Conquest, c. 40 AD.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Large two-handled radish-shaped amphora, with handles of flattish oval section with shallow vertical grooving. Yellowish white clay and with a long tubular spike with a blunt end. 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: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age C.
Event Date 10/6/2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Large wine amphora of yellow-white clay, with a rounded, elongated body that is wider at the bottom and narrower at the top. Above the shoulder is a long, narrow neck with an everted rim, with two handles, one on either side, decorated with shallow vertical grooving. There is a long tubular spike with a blunt end protruding from the base. Gallo Belgic. There are several cracks across the body that have been repaired with infill.
Event Date 20/6/2022
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5623 | 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:13420
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