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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