Object

Accession No

Z 30770

Description

Sherd; Wall Plaster; Iron Object - Sherds of Samian, colour-coated and coarse ware, also fragments of wall-plaster, painted red with designs in white; and a fragment of iron

Place

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

Period

Roman

Source

City of Cambridge

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

Z 30770

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Samian Ware; Wall Plaster; Metal; Iron

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Context (CMS Context)
Labelled " Trench Q, level 2, destruction layer over wall, 1 ft.-2 ft.' Excavated by in 1953; Deposit: DXI Top -
Event Date 22/1/1993
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Sherds of Samian, colour-coated and coarse ware, also fragments of wall-plaster, painted red with designs in white; and a fragment of iron
Event Date 22/1/1993
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
A note which accompanies these objects reads 'ARBURY RD. TRENCH Q. Level 2 Destruction layer over wall. 1ft - 2ft..'.
Event Date 2/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (CMS Context)
13 fragments were seen however due to the fragmentary nature of the wall plaster and the iron nail the Number field remains at 0.
Event Date 2/4/2014
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 2/4/2014
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 2/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (CMS Description)
The small piece of iron is in two bits and was possibly an iron nail.
Event Date 2/4/2014
Author: maa

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