Accession No

1948.1261


Description

Large, globular pot of course ware. Wide mouth, slightly everted rim, and flat base; undecorated. Reconstructed from sherds; just less than a quarter of the rim is 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

1948.1261


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. (not illustrated)
Event Date 1852
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Context (Analysis)
Card reads: "Compare 1948.1245" .
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Large. Coarse. Globular. Wide mouth. Flat base.
Event Date 22/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville: 'Reconstructed; roughly a quarter of the rim broken off and missing.'
Event Date 23/3/2001
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


Description (Physical description)
Large, globular pot of course ware. Wide mouth, slightly everted rim, and flat base; undecorated. Reconstructed from sherds; just less than a quarter of the rim is missing.
Event Date 8/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


FM:19196

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