Accession No

1948.1230


Description

Undecorated shallow pot with upright sides and flat base. Reconstructed from sherds, part of rim missing.


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

1948.1230


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

80mm


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Probably with inhumation.
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. XXXIII (right centre)
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett


Description (CMS Description)
Small coarse, round bottomed bowl of red brown ware. Undecorated.
Event Date 21/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Undecorated shallow pot with upright sides and flat base. Reconstructed from sherds, part of rim missing.
Event Date 10/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:19543

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