Accession No
1949.429
Description
Small bowl of coarse black ware with a slightly everted rim and slightly flattened base. Shoulder decorated with alternate parallel bands of dotted lines, possibly made by a comb or wheel, and three bands of stamps. One stamp type. Reconstructed from sherds with infill.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1949.429; G 3 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
135mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
See card for stamp design diagrams
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Found: Pagan Saxon Cemetery
Event Date 1947
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card reads: "See now card 1950.78 A-B for G 3 A and brooch".
Event Date 1949
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. Fig. 16.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (CMS Description)
Small wide mouthed bowl of coarse black ware, slightly flattened base. Shoulder decorated with parallel bands of dotted lines made by ?comb or wheel and three bands of stamp ornament.
'Has been reconstructed using infill. S-J Harknett 23/5/2001'
Event Date 28/8/1987
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
'WDY 32 K' was listed in the Other Nos. field, although it is not listed on the catalogue card or the accession register. Sue Anderson, Spoilheap Archaeology, notes that that excavation number is 'shown as undec in Lethbridge's notebook'. It has therefore been removed from the Other Nos. field.
Event Date 2/1/2020
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Small bowl of coarse black ware with a slightly everted rim and slightly flattened base. Shoulder decorated with alternate parallel bands of dotted lines, possibly made by a comb or wheel, and three bands of stamps. One stamp type. Reconstructed from sherds with infill.
Event Date 19/10/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
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:22786
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