Accession No
1948.1249
Description
Biconical pot of red brown ware, with narrow mouth, everted rim and footring. Decorated above shoulder with shallow, broad parallel grooves, bands of circular depressions, and two lines of short horizontal stab marks; shoulder is adorned with continuous row of knobs. Small parts of rim, body, and base are missing and have been replaced with infill.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon ?early 6th century
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (4th Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1249
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
215mm
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. Pl. XXVIII (top right)
Event Date 1852
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Description (CMS Description)
Cremation urn of red brown ware. Narrow mouth, angular shoulder, well marked foot, slightly concave. Shoulder has frilled appearance made by continuous row of knobs. Above shoulder decoration are bands of circular depressions and short horizontal lines, between parallel grooves.
Event Date 21/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Biconical pot of red brown ware, with narrow mouth, everted rim and footring. Decorated above shoulder with shallow, broad parallel grooves, bands of circular depressions, and two lines of short horizontal stab marks; shoulder is adorned with continuous row of knobs. Small parts of rim, body, and base are missing and have been replaced with infill.
Event Date 9/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:19184
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