Accession No

Z 22007 A


Description

Bag of body sherds of Early Iron Age pottery, and 3 sherds of a Bronze Age cinerary urn with a squared rim. Some of the sherds comprise two fragments that have been reassembled with adhesive. Two sherds are decorated with shallow parallel grooves.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath


Period

Bronze Age Early Iron Age


Source

Gathercole, George P. [collector and ?vendor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 22007 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with sherds of a Late Bronze Age pot ("Pot A") that contained hammerstones [Z 22006 A], sherds of other Early Iron Age pots [Z 22006 B] and a flint tool [Z 22006 C] .
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Labels & Markings)
Two sherds have handwritten label affixed reading: 'Lakenheath Gathercole.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card has the following entry: 'Fragments of 2 or 3 other Early Iron Age pots will be found labelled, "G Lakenheath 1894"'


Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Collected by Gathercole at Lakenheath in 1894.
Event Date 1894
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 22007: 'There are numerous Early Iron Age fragments and 3 pieces of a cinerary urn of Bronze Age overhanging rim type.'
'Also some pieces of flint, including a small blade. S-J Harknett 14/12/2000'
Event Date 22/7/1987
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Bag of body sherds of Early Iron Age pottery, and 3 sherds of a Bronze Age cinerary urn with a squared rim. Some of the sherds comprise two fragments that have been reassembled with adhesive. Two sherds are decorated with shallow parallel grooves.

Event Date 4/7/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Amendments / updates)
Z 22007 comprises a mixture of pottery sherds and flint lithics. The decision was taken to assign a separate letter suffix (A, B) and record to each material type, and to bag these materials separately.

Event Date 5/7/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:20361

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