Accession No

1912.282


Description

Beaker of coarse brown fabric with flat base, rounded body and everted rim. Decorated over whole exterior with indented slanted lines, possibly fingernail impressions. Burnished.


Place

Europe; Northern Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath


Period

Bronze Age


Source

Gathercole [?collector]; Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1912.282


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

100mm x 131mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Ceramic; Pottery Beaker.
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. (1923). The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. pl. I no. 3.
Event Date 1923
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
Thomas, Stanley. (1965). Pre-Roman Britain. Studio Vista: London. fig. 91.
Event Date 1965
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (References)
(Bib): Sheila Kohring (2011) Social Complexity as a Multi-Scalar Concept: Pottery Technologies, Communities of Practice and the Bell Beaker Phenomenon, Norwegian Archaeological Review, 44:2, 145-163, Fig. 2.
Event Date 2011
Author: Imogen Gunn


Description (Physical description)
A small barreled shaped urn with a slight everted rim. Pattern made with coil or wheeled implement. Extensively repaired though the date of this conservation is unknown.
Event Date 6/6/2013
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Beaker of coarse brown fabric with flat base, rounded body and everted rim. Decorated over whole exterior with indented slanted lines, possibly fingernail impressions. Burnished.
Event Date 4/9/2025
Author: Lily Pencliffe


FM:20247

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