Accession No
1948.2250 A.1
Description
A large rim and shoulder sherd of a tall situla shaped pot of well-burnished black ware. Crushed flint temper with rounded shoulder and decorated with round depressions made from finger tips.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Hadstock Road
Period
Early Iron Age
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.2250 A.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
100mm x 103mm x 25mm Weight 0.115kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
Four sherds of a tall situla shaped pot of well-burnished black ware. Crushed flint in paste. Rounded shoulder. Shoulder decorated with circular depressions 1/4 inch in diameter in groups of three
Event Date 1948
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Early Iron Age site. Excavated by Thomas C. Lethbridge and Geoffrey H.S. Bushnell in August 1948.
Event Date 8/1948
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (References)
Fell, C. I. (1953). 'An Early Iron Age Settlement at Linton, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 46. pp. 31-42
Event Date 1953
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (References)
Fell, C. I. (1953). 'An Early Iron Age Settlement at Linton, Cambridgeshire'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 46. pp. 31-42. p. 41. fig. 4 no. 15.
Event Date 1953
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A large rim and shoulder sherd of a tall situla shaped pot of well-burnished black ware. Crushed flint temper with rounded shoulder and decorated with round depressions made from finger tips.
Event Date 27/2/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age A.
Event Date 21/6/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:13422
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