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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