Accession No
1948.1246
Description
Globular pot of blackish-brown sandy ware, with short, constricted neck, slightly everted rim and flat base. Undecorated. Possible evidence of heat spalling on body. Portion of rim and neck is missing and has been replaced with infill.
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
1948.1246
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
156mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed green label on pot's exterior reads: 'Little Wilbraham'.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
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. (Not illustrated).
Event Date 1852
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card notes: 'Compare to 1948.1222'
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (CMS Description)
Undecorated. Globular. Blackish brown sandy ware. Flattened base. Short upright rim
Event Date 21/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Globular pot of blackish-brown sandy ware, with short, constricted neck, slightly everted rim and flat base. Undecorated. Possible evidence of heat spalling on body. Portion of rim and neck is missing and has been replaced with infill.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:19181
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