Accession No

1948.1253


Description

Large pot of blackish-brown, sandy ware, with upright rim, narrow mouth and flat base. Faint horizontal incised lines encircle the neck; high shoulder decorated with six round bosses. Small portions of the body missing and replaced with plaster 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

1948.1253


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

205mm


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 (bottom right).
Event Date 1852
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (CMS Description)
Large, blackish brown sandy ware cremation urn. High shoulder. Upright rim. Flattened base. Very faint horizontal grooves just below rim. 6 bosses at shoulder.
Event Date 21/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Large pot of blackish-brown, sandy ware, with upright rim, narrow mouth and flat base. Faint horizontal incised lines encircle the neck; high shoulder decorated with six round bosses. Small portions of the body missing and replaced with plaster infill.
Event Date 9/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


FM:19188

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