Accession No

1948.1263


Description

Pot with narrow mouth, everted rim, angular shoulder and flat base. Undecorated. Small section has been reconstructed from sherds, and there is evidence of possible heat spalling on the body.


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

1948.1263


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

190mm


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)
Catalogue card reads: 'compare 1948.1262'
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (CMS Description)
Globular. Reddish brown ware. Plain rim. Flat base. Not decorated
Event Date 22/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Pot with narrow mouth, everted rim, angular shoulder and flat base. Undecorated. Small section has been reconstructed from sherds, and there is evidence of possible heat spalling on the body.
Event Date 8/12/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff


FM:19198

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