Accession No

1948.1210.1


Description

High-shouldered globular pot with everted rim and flat base. Four bands of stamps from rim to shoulder. Three stamps used. Most of rim missing, six sherds detached but present.


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon 6th century


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1210.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

217mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label affixed to pot reads: 'Little Wilbraham'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (Related Documents)
Stamps are illustrated on reverse of catalogue card.
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Description (Physical description)
Description for 1948.1210[.1-2]: 'Globular cremation urn. Rounded base and shoulder. Concave neck, everted rim, fragmentary. Neck encircled by 4 rows of stamps. Anglian type'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Excavated in 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: Lily Stancliffe


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 XXX (Lower right)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
High-shouldered globular pot with everted rim and flat base. Four bands of stamps from rim to shoulder. Three stamps used. Most of rim missing, six sherds detached but present.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:19216

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