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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