Accession No
Z 21899 A
Description
39 sherds of mixed pottery, mostly of grey, buff or black fabric, including five rim sherds, 33 body sherds and one base sherd. Rim sherds: one with an everted rim; one with a hooked rim; two with upright rims; one from a jug of buff fabric, with a rounded lip and an incised line on the top of the rim. Body sherds: six decorated with combed lines; four decorated with incised lines, one of red fabric; one with brown glaze on both sides. Base sherd is from a bowl with a small flat, base.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Ely; River Ouse
Period
Medieval
Source
Bromwich, John L'Anson [collector]; Hopkin, Stanley [?donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 21899 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Piece of card found with Z 21898 and Z 21899 has handwritten note reading: 'OUSE DREDGINGS. Sherds various & worked bone from Stanley Hopkin Egremont St. Ely. March 1958.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Accession register description for Z 21899 [A-C]: 'Medieval potsherds.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Field collection)
River Ouse dredgings from North of Ely, collected by John Bromwich, 1950-1960. These objects were possibly collected in March 1958.
Event Date 3/1958
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 21899 [A-C]: 'Also part of an animal skull.'
Event Date 22/8/2001
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
39 sherds of mixed pottery, mostly of grey, buff or black fabric, including five rim sherds, 33 body sherds and one base sherd. Rim sherds: one with an everted rim; one with a hooked rim; two with upright rims; one from a jug of buff fabric, with a rounded lip and an incised line on the top of the rim. Body sherds: six decorated with combed lines; four decorated with incised lines, one of red fabric; one with brown glaze on both sides. Base sherd is from a bowl with a small flat, base.
Event Date 4/12/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:15976
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