Accession No

1948.1239


Description

High shouldered pot of black ware with everted rim and flat base. Below neck, horizontal grooves, pendant triangles with grooved details and diagonal scored cordons. Incomplete; 26 sherds present.


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon 6th century


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1239; MAA: Z 17164 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Circular red label affixed to object
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Labels & Markings)
Two sherds have the remnant of an affixed rectangular green label which is assumed to originally read 'Little Wilbraham.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt


Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851
Event Date 1851
Author: maa


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. Pl. XXXI
Event Date 1852
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Large cremation urn of black ware. Rounded shoulder, flat base. Very fragmentary. Ornamented on shoulder and neck with grooves giving the appearance of ladder pattern
Event Date 21/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
High shouldered pot of black ware with everted rim and flat base. Below neck, horizontal grooves, pendant triangles with grooved details and diagonal scored cordons. Incomplete; 26 sherds present.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Jane Pettitt


FM:19174

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