Accession No
Z 22006 A
Description
19 body, base and rim sherds from a single pot. The vessel has a flat and obtuse-angled base, a shoulder decorated with pinching, and an upright, flat-topped, externally thickened rim, decorated with finger impressions along the outer edge.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath
Period
?Bronze Age ?Iron Age ?Roman
Source
Gathercole, George P. [collector and ?vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 22006 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card has the following entry: "'Pot (A) containing hammerstones' with it box containing numerous fragments. BA, Lat and Roman (? Late BA)"
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with a group of Early Iron Age and Bronze Age sherds [Z 22007 A] and a group of flint tools [Z 22007 B].
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with a group of sherds [Z 22006 B] and a flint tool [Z 22006 C].
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to one fragment (comprising three sherds that have been reassembled with adhesive), reads: '?Late B.A. (RS) GATHERCOLE LAKENHEATH 1894. (A). "Pot containing hammerstones", with it in box numerous fragments B.A. LaT. & Roman.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to 17 sherds reads: 'Pot (A) Lakenheath.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Field collection)
Collected by [/purchased from]: [George P.] Gathercole in 1894.
Event Date 1894
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Iron Age pot'
Event Date 8/1977
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 22006: 'numerous sherds, some with pinched decoration, and one flint flake.'
Event Date 14/12/2000
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
19 body, base and rim sherds from a single pot. The vessel has a flat and obtuse-angled base, a shoulder decorated with pinching, and an upright, flat-topped, externally thickened rim, decorated with finger impressions along the outer edge.
Event Date 4/7/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Amendments / updates)
Z 22006 comprises a mixture of pottery sherds that are affixed with different labels, as well as one piece of flint. The decision was taken to assign a separate letter suffix (A, B) and record to sherds with different labels, and a separate letter suffix and record for the piece of flint (C).
Event Date 5/7/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:20360
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