Accession No

1948.1252


Description

Biconical pot of blackish-brown ware with narrow mouth, everted rim and flat base. Decorated above shoulder with band of stamps and horizontal linear grooves, and alternating panels of diagonal lines and blocks of stamps; five stamps used in total. Rim missing and reconstructed from infill.


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

1948.1252


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

193mm


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. XXXII (top left).
Event Date 1852
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Context (Related Documents)
Stamps are illustrated on reverse of catalogue card.
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (CMS Description)
Blackish brown ware, cremation urn. Angular shoulder. Rounded base. Slightly everted rim. Plain below shoulder. Neck decorated with band of stamp design above alternating panels of diagonal lines and stamps. Anglian type.
Event Date 21/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Biconical pot of blackish-brown ware with narrow mouth, everted rim and flat base. Decorated above shoulder with band of stamps and horizontal linear grooves, and alternating panels of diagonal lines and blocks of stamps; five stamps used in total. Rim missing and reconstructed from infill.
Event Date 9/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


FM:19187

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