Accession No

1948.1234


Description

Undecorated, low shouldered pot with high, narrow neck and upright rim; flat base. Parts of rim missing, one sherd detached but present.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (4th Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1234


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

171mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Tall. Globular. Black sandy ware. Flattened base. Complete.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
?Late 6 Century AD - 7 Century AD
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (Field collection)
?With inhumation
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label affixed to pot reads: 'Little Wilbraham'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (Field collection)
Found 1851.
Event Date
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 XXXIII: Bottom Centre)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville: 'Some sherds broken from rim, all missing, except for one.'
Event Date 23/3/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Undecorated, low shouldered pot with high, narrow neck and upright rim; flat base. Parts of rim missing, one sherd detached but present.
Event Date 9/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:19169

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