Accession No
1952.448 B
Description
Bowl; Sherd - Part of a small buff ware bowl with red colour- coating, much worn (restored). This and A had been broken when the burial was disturbed, removing the lower legs of the skeleton and breaking the accessory vessels
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Arbury
Period
Roman 4th Century
Source
City Engineer, Cambridge
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1952.448 B; MAA: 1952.448
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; Buff Ware
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
PCAS 49 pp.13-23.
Found: Arbury Road Building Estate.
Date: 4 Century AD.
Excavated by Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Cambridge University in 1952
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Part of a small buff ware bowl with red colour- coating, much worn (restored). This and A had been broken when the burial was disturbed, removing the lower legs of the skeleton and breaking the accessory vessels
Event Date 13/1/1993
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 14/4/2014
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 14/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (CMS Context)
A label accompanying the restored bowl reads '52.448. Colour-coated bowl and glass jug found with a burial. The body had been buried in a wooden coffin and these vessels placed inside by the right foot. ARBURY RD, CAMBRIDGE. 4th century A.D. d.d. City Engineer, Cambridge.'.
Event Date 14/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Annual Report. December 1953. pp. 3.
Event Date 14/4/2014
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 14/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
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 14/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:133311
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