Accession No

1948.1229


Description

Small pot with high, slightly everted rim and flat base. Decorated at the shoulder with three horizontal parallel grooves, followed by nine long vertical bosses decorated on either side with two vertical grooves.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (4th Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1229


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

125mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Circular red label affixed to surface.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Labels & Markings)
Printed label adhered to pot reads: 'Little Wilbraham'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


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. XXXI (top centre)
Event Date 1852
Author: Louise Puckett


Description (CMS Description)
Small cremation urn of thin black sandy ware. Rounded base. Lower part of body ornamented with 9 embossed strips. Shallow horizontal grooving at shoulder and vertical grooves on each side of embossed strips.
Event Date 21/4/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Small pot with high, slightly everted rim and flat base. Decorated at the shoulder with three horizontal parallel grooves, followed by nine long vertical bosses decorated on either side with two vertical grooves.
Event Date 11/12/2020
Author: Louise Puckett


FM:19544

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