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


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