Accession No
1888.30.139
Description
Urn with upright rim, footring then flat base. Possibly globular in shape. Decorated, possibly below neck, with at least one horizontal groove, then band of chevrons with small stamp at point, then a horizontal groove below which are possibly stamped triangle pendants. Two stamp types present. Incomplete; 36 sherds 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
1888.30.139; MAA: Z 16296; J.77
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Amendments / updates)
These objects are all part of Accession Register number 1888.30, which was subseguently given the Z number 16296. Complete pots have been allocated separate records. The 'J' numbers on the bags of sherds have been used to differentiate between them in the catalogue record.
Event Date 6/6/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Record for 1888.30[.136-145]: 'St John's Cricket Field Anglo-Saxon cemetery, sherds, J.74-83'
Event Date 6/6/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Urn with upright rim, footring then flat base. Possibly globular in shape. Decorated, possibly below neck, with at least one horizontal groove, then band of chevrons with small stamp at point, then a horizontal groove below which are possibly stamped triangle pendants. Two stamp types present. Incomplete; 36 sherds present.
Event Date 28/10/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:288203
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