Accession No
1888.30.142
Description
Globular urn with everted rim and obtuse-angled, flat base. Below neck decorated with: row of impressed dots bounded by horizontal grooves, then band of three lined chevrons filled with stamps, then a row of stamps bounded by horizontal grooves. Extending from shoulder to base are groups of three vertical grooves. Two stamp types present. Incomplete; five sherds present, partially reconstructed.
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
1888.30.142; MAA: Z 16296; J.80
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 subsequently 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)
Globular urn with everted rim and obtuse-angled, flat base. Below neck decorated with: row of impressed dots bounded by horizontal grooves, then band of three lined chevrons filled with stamps, then a row of stamps bounded by horizontal grooves. Extending from shoulder to base are groups of three vertical grooves. Two stamp types present. Incomplete; five sherds present, partially reconstructed.
Event Date 29/10/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:288207
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