Accession No
Z 16295
Description
Undecorated globular pot. Reconstructed from sherds into two larger sherds, with one small sherd detached but present; base and rim missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
?Cambridge Free Library [donor]; ?Neville, Richard Cornwallis (4th Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16295; MAA: ?1886.29.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for 1886.29 has the following entry: 'see ?Z 16295. [new line] Portion of a urn and fragments of others. [new line] Cambridge Free Library'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label written on the pot exterior reads: 'LITTLE WILBRAHAM'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for Z 16295 reads: 'Broken Anglo-Saxon pot', '?1886.29', '?Braybrooke collection'. These can't both be true: 1886.29 was donated by the Cambridge Free Library, and the Braybrooke collection came in 1948.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Portion of an urn. Fragments of others.
Event Date 28/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville: '2 large sherds made up of smaller sherds stuck together. No decoration'.
Event Date 23/3/2001
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Undecorated globular pot. Reconstructed from sherds into two larger sherds, with one small sherd detached but present; base and rim missing.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Jane Pettitt
Context (Amendments / updates)
There is some uncertainty from related documentation (accession register and catalogue card) as to who the source is for this object, or if Z 16295 is also ?1886.29. As a result, the source has therefore been queried.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:19275
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