Accession No

1952.29


Description

Upper part of coarse hand made jar with rounded profile, rim pinched over and with internal bevel. Paste dark grey in the break, fired reddish brown on outside near the rim.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Abington Pigotts; Bellus Hill


Period

Iron Age 1st century BC 1st century AD


Source

Letchworth Museum and Art Gallery [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1952.29; 5222; 6222


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

125mm x 95mm x 125mm Weight 0.486kg


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
A typed label adhered to the object reads either '5222' or '6222' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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: Emily Shorter


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: Emily Shorter


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, vol. IV. pp. 211-233. no. 19.
Event Date 1924
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card: 'This is late in early Iron Age wares and probably contemporary with the Belgic settlement 1 Century BC/AD'.
Event Date 1951
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Upper part of coarse hand made jar. Rounded profile. Rim pinched over and with internal bevel. Paste dark grey in the break, fired reddish brown on outside near the rim
Event Date 1952
Author: maa


FM:16015

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