Object

Accession No

1948.2235 A

Description

A sherd from the shoulder of a large situla shaped jar. The exterior surface is well burnished. There are two large deep finger tip impressions as a form of decoration.

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

1948.2235 A

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

108mm x 62mm x 16mm Weight 0.082kg

Events

Description (Physical description)
Well-smoothed ware from large high-shouldered jars. Deep finger tip depressions as ornament
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. p. 42. fig 5 no. 31.
Event Date 1953
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A sherd from the shoulder of a large situla shaped jar. The exterior surface is well burnished. There are two large deep finger tip impressions as a form of decoration.
Event Date 5/10/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

FM:13459