Accession No
1951.313 A
Description
Two body sherds of a single, imported ,white ware beaker, either from the Gallo Belgic Area or Southern Gaul. The beaker is decorated with rouletting in the form of vertical lines, bordered by shallow grooves.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Abington Pigotts; Bellus Hill
Period
Late Iron Age 1st century AD
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; de Courcy Ireland, Montagu George [vendor]; Pigott, William Graham Foster (Reverend) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1951.313 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Iron Age/Roman settlement site found during the course of coprolite extraction, 1879-1894, on land owned by Rev. William G.F. Pigott.
Event Date 1879
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (References)
Pigott, William G. F. (1888). ‘Some account of the site of a Roman Veteran’s holding at Abington Pigotts, in the County of Cambridge’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 6.2. pp. 309-312.
Event Date 1888
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1924). ‘A Settlement of the Early Iron Age at Abington Pigotts, Cambs., and its Subsequent History; as Evidenced by Objects Preserved in the Pigott Collection’. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, 4(2). pp. 211-233.
Event Date 1924
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Imported. roulletted beaker either from the Gallo Belgic Area or Southern Gaul. White Ware
Event Date 23/2/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Two body sherds of a single, imported ,white ware beaker, either from the Gallo Belgic Area or Southern Gaul. The beaker is decorated with rouletting in the form of vertical lines, bordered by shallow grooves.
Event Date 24/6/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:16008
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