Accession No
1888.30.143
Description
Sherds from at least three urns. Mostly plain sherds, others featuring grooves and bosses, and one with a single stamp design. At least two sherds from one, thick-walled urn with substantial bosses. Mostly body sherds, a small number of rims and base sherds. 84 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
1888.30.143; MAA: Z 16296; J.81
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 at least three urns. Mostly plain sherds, others featuring grooves and bosses, and one with a single stamp design. At least two sherds from one, thick-walled urn with substantial bosses. Mostly body sherds, a small number of rims and base sherds. 84 sherds present.
Event Date 29/10/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:288208
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