Accession No
1960.440.3
Description
Rim sherd, reconstructed from several sherds one now detached but present. Flattened rim with decorated with raised vertical lines.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Mildenhall; Hurst Fen
Period
Neolithic A2
Source
Clark, J. Grahame D. (Prof.) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1960.440.3; XI P10 [excavation no.]; XI P11 [excavation no.]; 1998W22 [Birmingham loan no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Display)
One of several sherds from Hurst Fen on long term loan to Birmingham City Museum, now Birmingham Museums, until September 2014. They were on display with a label reading: 'Group of rim fragments of early Neolithic pottery from the settlement at Hurst Fen, Suffolk, showing different rims on pots whose lower parts were hemispherical. c. 3000-2500 B.C. Lent by Cambridge University.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Labels & Markings)
One sherd marked in white ink: 'HURST FEN CAMBS. MUS'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Labels & Markings)
Sherds marked in black ink: 'XI P10' and 'XI P11'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Other)
The catalogue card reads: "In acknowledgement of the Crowther Beynon Fund" and "60.430".
Event Date 1960
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Decorated sherds. Bands of dots below shoulder, vertical lines on neck or rim or both together
Event Date 1960
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Rim sherd, reconstructed from several sherds one now detached but present. Flattened rim with decorated with raised vertical lines.
Event Date 1/10/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
FM:284951
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