Accession No
1980.1024.1
Description
Globular cinerary urn with everted rim and flat base. Below neck, horizontal grooves and two bands of single stamps; two stamps used. Seven vertical long bosses along shoulder decorated with vertical grooves. Reconstructed; part of rim and body missing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Hyde-Smith, B. C. (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1980.1024.1
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
207mm
Events
Context (Display)
Exhibited: Preserved, together with 1980.1025-33 in a show case at Wilbraham Temple prior to MAA's acquisition
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Other)
Catalogue Card has the following entry: "Mrs. Hyde-Smith remembers her grandfather's interest in the cemetery. On selling the Wilbraham Temple property in 1980, these items were given to the Museum"
Found: Cemetery site
Excavated by R.C. Neville in [1851]
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1980.1024[.1-.2]: Urn decorated in Lackford/Illington fashion.
Event Date 28/4/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville for 1980.1024[.1-.2]: 'Also bones, probably human, and numerous teeth. One of the bones and some of the teeth are stained blue.'
Event Date 23/3/2001
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Globular cinerary urn with everted rim and flat base. Below neck, horizontal grooves and two bands of single stamps; two stamps used. Seven vertical long bosses along shoulder decorated with vertical grooves. Reconstructed; part of rim and body missing.
Event Date 9/12/2020
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:19278
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