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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