Accession No

1948.1260


Description

Undecorated pot of coarse black ware. Slightly everted rim, angular shoulder, rounded body and flat base. Portion of rim and neck 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

1948.1260


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

175mm


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. XXXIII (top centre).
Event Date 1852
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (CMS Description)
Globular. Coarse black ware. Rim slightly everted. Flat base. Rather angular shoulder. Not decorated.
Event Date 22/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Undecorated pot of coarse black ware. Slightly everted rim, angular shoulder, rounded body and flat base. Portion of rim and neck missing.
Event Date 8/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


FM:19195

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