Accession No
1948.1256
Description
Undecorated high-shouldered urn with narrow mouth and upright rim. Flattened base, sagging on one side. Part of rim missing.
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
1948.1256
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
187mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label affixed to side of pot reads: 'Little Wilbraham'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Coarse. Globular. Blackish brown ware. High rounded shoulder. Upright rim.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: Lily Stancliffe
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: maa
Description (Physical description)
Undecorated high-shouldered urn with narrow mouth and upright rim. Flattened base, sagging on one side. Part of rim missing.
Event Date 9/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:19191
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