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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