Accession No
1948.2486 A
Description
Cinerary urn with pedestal foot. Decorated above the shoulder with a band of stamps between two sets of parallel grooves. Seven long bosses at shoulder, outlined by vertical grooves. Reconstructed using infill, 15 sherds detached but present.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.2486 A; G10 A [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
200mm
Events
Context (Display)
Old label accompanies, reads: 'Urn with developed foot, raised ribs and stamped decoration. Probably of Frisian-Angle ancestry. Found associated with urn by the "Icklingham potter". See pp 19 & 20. Fig 22. Second half of 6th Century A.D.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Found: Pagan Saxon Cemetery
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card has a sketch drawing of the stamp design
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.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (CMS Description)
Ribbed urn with pedestal foot. Row of stamp design above shoulder between parallel grooves. Seven vertical ribs at shoulder, outlined by vertical grooves.
'11 sherds broken off, but present. The pot has been reconstructed using infill. S-J Harknett 15/5/2001
Event Date 3/8/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Cinerary urn with pedestal foot. Decorated above the shoulder with a band of stamps between two sets of parallel grooves. Seven long bosses at shoulder, outlined by vertical grooves. Reconstructed using infill, 15 sherds detached but present.
Event Date 21/10/2020
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:20981
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