Accession No

Z 24931


Description

Sherd; Bone; Wall Plaster; Utilised flake; Iron nail; Flue tile - Pieces of coarse ware, bone, and wall-plaster


Place

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


Period

Roman


Source

City of Cambridge


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 24931


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Bone; Wall Plaster; Stone; Flint; Metal; Iron


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Excavated in 1953: From South-East Room, level 2, destruction layer, brown earth and mortar, 1 ft - 2 ft 3 ins, 29 8 1953.; Deposit: DXI Top -
Event Date 22/1/1993
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Pieces of coarse ware, bone, and wall-plaster
Event Date 22/1/1993
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 10/4/2014
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 10/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
Due to the fragmentary nature of the wall plaster, the Number field remains at 0. A note that accompanies these objects reads 'ARBURY RD. ROMAN HOUSE 29/8. South-east Room Level 2. Destruction layer. Brown earth and mortar 1 ft - 2 ft 3.'.
Event Date 10/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
A large number of painted wall fragments of various colours. With these are bagged 1 worked flint flake, 1 very corroded iron nail, 2 fragments of flue tile, and 7 coarse ware sherds.
Event Date 10/4/2014
Author: maa


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 10/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Annual Report. December 1958. pp. 3.
Event Date 10/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:56527

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