Object

Accession No

1948.1216

Description

Small, undecorated, globular pot with everted rim and flat base. Five long bosses around shoulder. Two cracks extending from rim to lower body.

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

1948.1216

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

101mm

Events

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

Context (Analysis)
?Inhumation
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Description (Physical description)
Miniature urn. Flattened base. Everted rim. Five embossed strips on the shoulder. 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. Pl. XXXIII (Bottom Left)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Small, undecorated, globular pot with everted rim and flat base. Five long bosses around shoulder. Two cracks extending from rim to lower body.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe

FM:19222