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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