Object

Accession No

1948.1202

Description

Globular pot with slightly everted rim and slightly flattened base. Undecorated with a mottled orange/brown surface colouring. Area of rim partially reconstructed from sherds, some missing.

Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill

Period

Anglo Saxon late 5th century 6th century

Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (4th Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1948.1202

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

210mm

Events

Context (Related Documents)
Postcard found with object reads: '1. Prior. Little Wilbraham. 2. Date found. 3. Found by. 4. Owner. Camb. Mus. Loan. 5. approx date: A.S.'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett

Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label adhered to pot reads: 'Little Wilbraham'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett

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: Louise Puckett

Description (CMS Description)
Cremation urn. Globular. Rounded base. Red brown ware. Anglian. No ornament. Rim slightly everted
Event Date 22/4/1987
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Globular pot with slightly everted rim and slightly flattened base. Undecorated with a mottled orange/brown surface colouring. Area of rim partially reconstructed from sherds, some missing.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett

FM:19209