Accession No
1953.491
Description
Large Samian bowl with moulded design in panels below an ovolo border. There is a plain band 2 inches deep above the decoration. Foot and part of the bowl restored. Possible cursive stamp just above foot. The bowl contained a cremation burial
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Arbury; Arbury Road
Period
Roman
Source
Frend.Prof.W.H.C
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1953.491
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; Samian Ware
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Found and broken by the mechanical digger while laying a sewerage trench on the north side of Road 3," 1953, close to the point where the stone coffins and burials were found in August 1952. The digger man thought the bowl was found at a depth of 6 feet, but this is unlikely since the second cremation found in this area (53 492) was found in the gas-trench, which did not exceed 4 feet in depth The bowl contained a cremation burial; Date: ?2 Century AD - ?Late; Collected by: Frend.W.H.C in 1953
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Large Samian bowl with moulded design in panels below an ovolo border. There is a plain band 2 inches deep above the decoration. Foot and part of the bowl restored. Possible cursive stamp just above foot. The bowl contained a cremation burial
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Label adds: "Form 37. Late 2nd century AD. Found at Arbury Road, Cambridge, containing a cremation burial"
Event Date 22/9/2011
Author: maa
FM:56363
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