Accession No

1948.1241


Description

Small, undecorated, gently shouldered urn with upright rim and flat base. Six narrow vertical bosses below shoulder. Parts of rim missing.


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

1948.1241


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

144mm


Events

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


Description (Physical description)
Small, globular urn. Sandy, blackish brown ware. Flattened base. Upright rim. 6 evenly spaced embossed strips at the shoulder, placed vertically; Complete.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851.
Event Date 1851
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. Pl. XXXI (Bottom Centre)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville: 'Reconstructed using ?plaster of paris to line the vessel and hold it together.'
Event Date 26/3/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Small, undecorated, gently shouldered urn with upright rim and flat base. Six narrow vertical bosses below shoulder. Parts of rim missing.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:19176

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