Accession No

Z 24955


Description

Sherd; Wall plaster; Shell - Sherds of coarse ware, pieces of wall-plaster


Place

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


Period

Roman


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 24955


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Wall Plaster


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Excavated in 30.1 1955: From TR.1, Pit (?) at W. end (top:" black earth) Bag 2, 30:1:55; Deposit: DXI Top -
Event Date 22/1/1993
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Sherds of coarse ware, pieces of 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 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


Context (CMS Context)
9 sherds have been seen alongside 1 piece of shell and 4 fragments of plaster and ?clay. The catalogue card makes no reference to the nnumber of items this idno should have nor does it mention the fragment of shell. The Number field has therefore been amended from 9 to 0.
Event Date 2/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
a number of mixed coarse ware sherds, two of which have striations on one side. In addition there are 2 fragments of painted wall plaster, one red and one white, 2 pieces of ?clay, and 1 small fragments of shell.
Event Date 2/4/2014
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 2/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
The fragments are marked 'AR.55.2' in black and white. A label accompanies these objects which reads 'ARBURY ROAD 30.1.55 TR I Pit(?) ar w. end (top: in black earth) BAG 2' with the '2' being in a circle.
Event Date 2/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:56564

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