Accession No

1948.1221


Description

Globular pot with flat base and everted rim. Decorated below the neck with two horizontal grooves, followed by a band of vertical grooves interspersed by seven long horizontal shoulder bosses. Five 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

1948.1221


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

120mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Red circular sticker affixed to pot.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label adhered to pot reads: 'Little Wilbraham'
Event Date
Author: Louise Puckett


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. XXVI (top Centre)
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett


Description (CMS Description)
Small urn. Shoulder; eight sharply defined ribs, and vertical groovings enclosed in horizontal grooves. Anglian type; Complete. 'Reconstructed with four sherds having come away from the main body. J. Somerville 26/3/2001.'
Event Date 23/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Globular pot with flat base and everted rim. Decorated below the neck with two horizontal grooves, followed by a band of vertical grooves interspersed by seven long horizontal shoulder bosses. Five sherds detached but present.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:19225

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