Accession No
1948.1327
Description
Copper alloy vessel or cauldron with rim everted at 90° and integral triangular projections, pierced for suspension. Base and lower body are missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon 7th century
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1327
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
247mm x 247mm
Events
Context (Analysis)
The catalogue card records: "Compare B.M.G Fig 77 from Long Wittenham."
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Vessel or cauldron of sheet bronze. Rim. Triangular projections for attachment of handle to rise above rim. Bottom missing. Iron handle missing
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Grave 5, with an iron knife a pair of wrist clasps and some beads, 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. (Illustrated Plate XVI: Upper No.5)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy vessel or cauldron with rim everted at 90° and integral triangular projections, pierced for suspension. Base and lower body are missing.
Event Date 14/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:15918
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