Object

Accession No

1888.30.141 A

Description

Sherds from two or more urns. One vessel is globular with an everted rim. Decorated below neck with broad parallel grooves, then broad diagonal grooves, possibly cabling. Sherds from a different urn are all undecorated. 48 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

1888.30.141 A; MAA: Z 16296; J.79

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)
Sherds from two or more urns. One vessel is globular with an everted rim. Decorated below neck with broad parallel grooves, then broad diagonal grooves, possibly cabling. Sherds from a different urn are all undecorated. 48 Sherds present.
Event Date 29/10/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found with these vessels (1888.30.141 A) was a fragment of possibly human bone. The decision was taken to assign it a suffix (1888.30.141 B). As 1888.30.141 A relates to multiple urns, it is not possible to know with which the bone is associated.
Event Date 29/10/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins

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