Accession No

1953.492 A


Description

Cremation urn. Small jar of grey-brown sandy ware, with recurved rim (restored)


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Arbury


Period

Roman ?2nd Century


Source

Frend.Prof.W.H.C


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1953.492 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Grey-Brown Sandy Ware


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Said to be asssociated. One of the two pots contained a cremation burial. See 1953.491; Date: ?2 Century AD -; Collected by: Frend.W.H.C
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Small jar of grey-brown sandy ware, with recurved rim (restored)
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Frend, W.H.C. 1959. 'Further Finds on the Arbury Road Estate'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LII. pp. 69-72.
Event Date 17/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Frend, W.H.C. 1955. 'A Romano-British Settlement at Arbury Road, Cambridge'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol XLVIII. pp. 10-43.
Event Date 17/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Fell, Clare. 1956. 'Roman Burials Found at Arbury Road, Cambridge, 1952'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol XLIX. pp. 13-23.
Event Date 17/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
A small wide mouthed urn, the rim broken and reconstructed, with the remains of a cremation still inside.
Event Date 17/4/2014
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
A display label seen with the urn reads '53.492a. Jar with ashes from cremation. Found with fragments of another pot. ARBURY ROAD. d.d. Dr W.H.C.Frend.'. The rim of the jar has been reconstructed and plaster used to fill the gaps.
Event Date 17/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Liversidge, Joan. 1977. 'Roman Burials in the Cambridge Area'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LXVII. pp. 11-38.
Event Date 17/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:56364

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