Accession No
1948.1201
Description
Globular cinerary urn with flat base, upright neck and slightly everted rim. Ten parallel grooved lines below neck with double-lined pendant triangles over shoulder.
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
1948.1201; MAA: 1948.1280 [incorrect]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
233mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Cremation urn. Globular. Short upright rim and neck. Ten horizontal grooves at neck, double line chevron design suspended therefrom. Anglian type; Complete.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Found 1851.
?6 Century AD
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. Plate 29; Top left.
Event Date 1852
Author: Lily Pencliffe
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked 1948.1280 in black ink.
Event Date 29/8/2024
Author: Lily Pencliffe
Description (Physical description)
Globular cinerary urn with flat base, upright neck and slightly everted rim. Ten parallel grooved lines below neck with double-lined pendant triangles over shoulder.
Event Date 29/8/2024
Author: Lily Pencliffe
FM:19208
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