Accession No
1948.2485 A
Description
Cinerary urn with narrow mouth, everted rim and flat base. Possibly burnished surface decorated with four parallel grooves below the neck. Below are groups of three short vertical grooves separating five panels of zoomorphic design (horses). Reconstructed from sherds and infill.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.2485 A; UDY 25 A [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found: Anglo Saxon Cemetery
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
Context (Found together / assemblage)
An urn (1948.2485 A) and the gaming pieces (1948.2485 B.1-24) were found together, below another vessel (1950.139).
Event Date 1947
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with 1948.2485 B and below 1950.139.
Event Date 1947
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card has a sketch diagram of the horses.
Event Date 1948
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1951). 'A Cemetery at Lackford, Suffolk: Report of the Excavation of a Cemetery of the Pagan Anglo-Saxon Period in 1947.' Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, 6. p. 17, Fig. 8
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (CMS Description)
Urn with narrow mouth. Polished black surface. Flat base. Bulging body. Decorated with parallel, horizontal shallow grooves. At shoulder vertical grooves enclosing five panels of zoomorphic design; Horse.
'Pot has been recontructed using infill. S-J Harknett 16/5/2001'
Event Date 3/8/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cinerary urn with narrow mouth, everted rim and flat base. Possibly burnished surface decorated with four parallel grooves below the neck. Below are groups of three short vertical grooves separating five panels of zoomorphic design (horses). Reconstructed from sherds and infill.
Event Date 22/10/2020
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:20979
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