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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