Accession No

1949.428.2


Description

Three, thin fragments of cremated human bone; originally forming one piece.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1949.428.2; G 17 [Excavation no.]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Human Bone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1949.428[.1-2]: 'Small globular urn of brownish ware. Rim broken. Height 6 1/4". Rough parallel incised lines at neck and two rows of stamp ornament. Slightly flattened base. Excavation No G.17. a few sherds of a plain urn G17A were found with G17. Destroyed. Not catalogued.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1951). ‘A Cemetery at Lackford, Suffolk: Report of the Excavation of a Cemetery of the Pagan Anglo-Saxon Period in 1947.' Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, 6.
Event Date 1951
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (CMS Context)
Found: Pagan Saxon Cemetery
Event Date 27/8/1987
Author: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
Jean Somerville [1949.428.1-2]: 'Also found, 3 small sherds [sic?] from another vessel, probably those mentioned below from urn G17A.'
Event Date 25/05/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins


Description (Physical description)
Three, thin fragments of cremated human bone; originally forming one piece.
Event Date 22/10/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins


Context (Analysis)
1949.428[.1-2] originally covered an urn and what the catalogue card describes as 'a few sherds of a plain urn' which were noted as having been 'destroyed'. Three fragments of cremated human bone were found inside the urn, Jean Somerville may have mistaken these for the sherds.
Event Date 22/10/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins


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