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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