Accession No
1948.1257
Description
Shouldered cinerary urn of blackish ware with everted rim. Seven parallel grooved lines around base of neck with five-lined pendant standing archers around shoulder. Reconstructed using sherds and infill.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon 6th century AD
Source
Neville, Richard Cornwallis (4th Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.1257
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
105mm x 223mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found 1851.
6 Century AD
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. Plate: XXX : Top Right
Event Date 1852
Author: Lily Pencliffe
Description (Physical description)
A complete, large, globular, cremation urn made of Blackish ware. This urn has a narrow mouth and everted rim. This is decorated above the shoulder with a convex festoon design, above which is a series of parallel horizontal grooves, deeply channelled.
Event Date 1948
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Green label reads 'LITTLE WILBRAHAM.' with a red marker.
Event Date 25/1/2013
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Shouldered cinerary urn of blackish ware with everted rim. Seven parallel grooved lines around base of neck with five-lined pendant standing archers around shoulder. Reconstructed using sherds and infill.
Event Date 23/8/2024
Author: Lily Pencliffe
FM:19192
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