Accession No

1948.1211


Description

Undecorated, shouldered pot with everted rim and flat base. Sharp applied ridge or cordon around shoulder. Part of rim missing.


Place

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


Period

Anglo Saxon ?5th century ?6th century


Source

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


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1211


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

180mm


Events

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


Description (Physical description)
Globular cremation urn. Flattened base. Everted rim. Unusual cordon like ledge projecting half beyond walls at shoulder. Complete.
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. Pl. XXXII (Top Right)
Event Date 1851
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Undecorated, shouldered pot with everted rim and flat base. Sharp applied ridge or cordon around shoulder. Part of rim missing.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


FM:19217

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