Accession No
1952.24
Description
Large grey ware narrow-necked jar, with globular body and rolled-over rim; coated with thin black slip on upper part, rim broken; raised band at base of neck with diagonal parallel scorings; groove encircling body just above shoulder. Graffito scratched after firing above shoulder, inverted: IVSTINI. Translated as '(Property) of Iustinus'.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Haslingfield
Period
Roman
Source
Letchworth Museum and Art Gallery [donor]; Pryor, M.R. [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1952.24; 1241 [Letchworth Museum and Art Gallery no.]; RIB 2503.300
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
290mm
Events
Context (Other owners)
From the Pryor Collection, Letchworth Museum, No. 1241
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Typed display label found inside the vessel reads: '1241 Roman urn, Haslingfield, Cambs. 100-200 AD. The Pryor Collection'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Large grey ware narrow-necked jar, with globular body and rolled-over rim; coated with thin black slip on upper part, rim broken; raised band at base of neck with diagonal parallel scorings; groove encircling body just above shoulder. Graffito scratched after firing above shoulder (read from above) " IVSTINI" .
Event Date 1952
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card: 'Probably late 1st or early 2nd century AD. Described as 'an urn' so may have contained a cremation'
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Frere and Tomlin (1995): 'Graffito, inverted, on the shoulder: IVSTINI'
Event Date 1995
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Inscription)
Frere and Tomlin (1995): 'Iustini' translated as '(Property) of Iustinus'
Event Date 1995
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Collingwood, R.G. and Wright, R.P. (1995). The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. Frere, S.S. and Tomlin, R.S.O. (eds.), Volume II (Instrumentum Domesticum), Fascicule 8 (Graffiti on Coarse Pottery Cut Before and After Firing; Stamp on Coarse Pottery). RIB 2502-2505. Stroud: Alan Sutton. pp. 20, 87. Table I, II, III (RIB 2503.300)
Event Date 1995
Author: Imogen Gunn
Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2023.5694 | Remedial
Event Date 15/5/2023
Author: Kirstie French
Description (Physical description)
Large grey ware narrow-necked jar, with globular body and rolled-over rim; coated with thin black slip on upper part, rim broken; raised band at base of neck with diagonal parallel scorings; groove encircling body just above shoulder. Graffito scratched after firing above shoulder, inverted: IVSTINI. Translated as '(Property) of Iustinus'.
Event Date 16/5/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn
Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:64522
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