Accession No
1948.2489 A
Description
Wheel-made cinerary urn of grey ware with high everted rim and ovoid body and flat base; similar to Roman form. Six small intentional holes around the shoulder. Reconstructed using plaster infill.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.2489 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
165mm x 220mm
Events
Context (Display)
Old label accompanies object, reads: 'Wheel turned jar of grey ware and Romano-British character. See pp 13 & 20. Fig. 25. 5th Century AD' (transcribed by S-J Harknett 15/5/2001)
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Saxon Cemetery
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
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. pp. 13 & 20, Fig. 25
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (CMS Description)
Grey wheel made jar of Roman type with high everted rim. Ovoid body. Six small, round perforations at shoulder. Contained cremation. No decoration. Flat base.
'Has been reconstructed using infill. S-J Harknett 15/5/2001'
Event Date 4/8/1987
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Wheel made cinerary urn of grey ware with high everted rim and ovoid body and flat base; similar to Roman form. Six small intentional holes around the shoulder. Reconstructed using plaster infill.
Event Date 21/10/2020
Author: Sam Daisley
Context (Amendments / updates)
Faye Minter, Jude Plouviez, Ian Riddler, Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski and Rose Broadley, and informed by Sue Anderson, on their visit on 25/11/2019 indicated that the Excvation No 'BENI 13' was incorrect and has therefore been removed from Other Numbers.
Event Date 18/11/2024
Author: Chloe Pearce
Context (References)
Faye Minter, Jude Plouviez, Ian Riddler, Nicola Trzaska-Nartowski and Rose Broadley, and informed by Sue Anderson, on their visit on 25/11/2019 indicated that the object was mislabelled as IDNo. 1949.180 in Lethbridge (1951), Figure 25.
Event Date 18/11/2024
Author: Chloe Pearce
FM:20985
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