Accession No

1948.1209


Description

Asymmetrical pot with flat base and short everted rim. Decorated below the neck with two rows of stamps, each row bound between three horizontal grooves. Decorated around the shoulder with long vertical shoulder bosses, between each one are alternating pendant triangles containing stamps and standing arches containing a vertical groove. Three types of stamp used. Reconstructed from sherds.


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

1948.1209


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

200mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label adhered to pot reads: 'Little Wilbraham'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Labels & Markings)
Red circular sticker affixed to pot.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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. Pl. XXIX (lower Right)
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett


Context (Related Documents)
Stamp diagrams on reverse of catalogue card.
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (CMS Description)
Cremation urn. Globular. Rounded base. Rim slightly everted. 4 sets of ribs and knobs decorate the shoulders. Between these, triangular areas filled by rosette stamp and diagonal grooves. Neck, two bands of stamp design separated by three parallel grooves. Anglian type.
Event Date 22/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Asymmetrical pot with flat base and short everted rim. Decorated below the neck with two rows of stamps, each row bound between three horizontal grooves. Decorated around the shoulder with long vertical shoulder bosses, between each one are alternating pendant triangles containing stamps and standing arches containing a vertical groove. Three types of stamp used. Reconstructed from sherds.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:19215

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