Object

Accession No

1888.30.937

Description

Urn with small mouth and wide shoulders from which project three inward-curved knobs with animal heads. Body decorated with faint stamped and incised decorations. Much broken and repaired; one piece detached but present.

Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Grange Road; St John’s College Cricket Field cemetery

Period

Anglo Saxon

Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]; St John’s College, Cambridge [donor]; von Hügel, Anatole [excavator]

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1888.30.937; MAA: Z 16296; J.150; AR 1893.26

Cultural Affliation

Material

Ceramic; Pottery

Local Term

Measurements

240mm

Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label affixed to the inside of the vessel read: 'Cricket field back of St John's College'. Marked in black ink: 'J.150' (in circle).
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Context (Related Documents)
This appears to correspond to one the urns mentioned in the 1893 Annual Report (AR 1893.26) - 'a very remarkable specimen, with three large, upturned, horn-like projections, the points of which are moulded into animals' heads' - although why it was entered belatedly is unclear.
Event Date 1893
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Field collection)
Found: Field at the back of St. John's College
Excavated in February 1888 to April 1888
Jackson.K.P
Event Date 8/7/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Urn with small mouth and wide shoulders from which project three inward-curved knobs with animal heads. Body decorated with faint stamped and incised decorations. Much broken and repaired.
Event Date 8/7/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
(Bib): Myres, J.N.L. 1937. 'Three Styles of Decoration on Anglo-Saxon Pottery'. Antiquaries Journal, 17(4), pp 424-437, Pl XCII b
Event Date 17/2/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
(Bib): Myres, J.N.L. 1977. 'Zoomorphic bosses on Anglo-Saxon pottery'. Studien zur Sachsenforschung: Festschrift für Albert Genrich. Fig. 1
Event Date 17/2/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
(Bib): Myres, J.N.L. 1977. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Pottery of the Pagan Period, Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. No. 285. Fig. 243
Event Date 17/2/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
(Bib): Myres, J.N.L. 1977. A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Pottery of the Pagan Period, Vol. 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. No. 285. p. 278
Event Date 17/2/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Urn with small mouth and wide shoulders from which project three inward-curved knobs with animal heads. Body decorated with faint stamped and incised decorations. Much broken and repaired; one piece detached but present.
Event Date 12/11/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

FM:270381