Object

Accession No

1948.2248 B

Description

Sherd. Part of an omphalos base possibly belonging to bowl A.

Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Linton; Hadstock Road

Period

Iron Age

Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]; Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1948.2248 B

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

54mm x 24mm x 13mm Weight 0.016kg

Events

Description (Physical description)
Sherd. Part of an omphalos base possibly belonging to bowl A.
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., Lethbridge, T. C. and Bushnell, G. H. S. (1949). 'Archaeological Notes. Iron Age Site at Linton'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 42. p. 129.
Event Date 1949
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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.
Event Date 1953
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Previously dated as Iron Age A.
Event Date 21/6/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe

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