Accession No
1948.1213
Description
Large globular pot with high upright rim and flat base. Decorated around the neck with a band of stamps bound between two sets of three horizontal parallel grooves. Below are pendant triangles filled with stamps and framed on each side by long vertical bosses with three vertical grooves on either side. Small chip in rim.
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
1948.1213
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
250mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label adhered to pot reads: 'Little Wilbraham'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett
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. XXV (centre)
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett
Context (Related Documents)
Stamp designs are illustrated on reverse of catalogue card.
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (CMS Description)
Big, globular cremation urn. Rounded base. Plain rim. Neck, band of stamped impression between parallel grooves. Shoulder, 4 raised vertical ribs. Between these, panels decorated with stamp and enclosed in engraved ' swags' . Anglian type.
Event Date 23/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Large globular pot with high upright rim and flat base. Decorated around the neck with a band of stamps bound between two sets of three horizontal parallel grooves. Below are pendant triangles filled with stamps and framed on each side by long vertical bosses with three vertical grooves on either side. Small chip in rim.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:19219
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