Accession No
1948.1215
Description
Undecorated, sharp-shouldered pot with upright rim and flat base. Deliberate perforation above shoulder.
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
1948.1215
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
248mm
Events
Context (Analysis)
?6 Century AD
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label affixed to pot reads: 'Little Wilbraham'
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Large, globular urn. Anglian type. Smooth.
Event Date
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. (Illustrated plate XXXII: Centre
Event Date 1851
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Found 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville: 'Complete except for a small oval hole in one side.'
Event Date 23/3/2001
Author: Lily Stancliffe
Description (Physical description)
Undecorated, sharp-shouldered pot with upright rim and flat base. Deliberate perforation above shoulder.
Event Date 9/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:19221
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