Accession No
1948.2490
Description
Globular pot with high neck, slightly everted rim and flattened base; burnished surface. Four parallel grooves around neck; above shoulder is a band of multi-lined chevrons, irregularly enclosing shallow dots. Six shoulder bosses with panels containing horizontal, vertical and diagonal grooves and shallow dots. Damage to rim and lower body; one sherd detached but present. Evidence of heat spalling on body. Mass of plant material in pot.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1948.2490; HGS 3 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Contents of this urn (comb, tweezers and shears) are accessioned as 1948.2498 A-C.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Found: Pagan 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. Figure 6.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (CMS Description)
Globular. High neck. Slightly flattened base. Knobbed at the shoulder (six knobs). Parallel grooves round neck. Band of zig zag design above shoulder, combined with shallow dots. Vertical and diagonal grooving between the knobs at shoulder.
'Complete except for half rim and small part of body; mass of plant material in the base. J.Somerville 25/5/2001.'
Event Date 4/8/1987
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
The excavation number was previously transcribed as G6S 3, but it is probably HGS 3. This has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 2/1/2020
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Globular pot with high neck, slightly everted rim and flattened base; burnished surface. Four parallel grooves around neck; above shoulder is a band of multi-lined chevrons, irregularly enclosing shallow dots. Six shoulder bosses with panels containing horizontal, vertical and diagonal grooves and shallow dots. Damage to rim and lower body; one sherd detached but present. Evidence of heat spalling on body. Mass of plant material in pot.
Event Date 5/10/2020
Author: louise Puckett
Context (Analysis)
The decoration on this urn is very similar to that of 1950.83.
Event Date 9/10/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Context (References)
Anderson, S., Briscoe, D., Broadley, R., Minter, F., Plouviez, J., Riddler, I. (2022) Lackford, Suffolk LKD 001. Archive Report on excavations at the early Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery 2015-6 and research into the 1947-9 excavations. Ipswich, Suffolk County Council. (site report)
Event Date 2022
Author: Chloe Pearce
FM:20987
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