Accession No
1888.30.145
Description
Globular urn with everted rim. Below neck decorated with two parallel grooves, then row of stamps, then three parallel grooves, then row of stamps, then possibly a horizontal groove. Extending over shoulder are vertical bosses decorated with seven longitudinal grooves, some appear to have short diagonal grooves intersecting the apex. One stamp type present. Incomplete, reconstructed from sherds; 24 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
1888.30.145; MAA: Z 16296; J.83
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label adhered to object reads: 'ST. JOHNS CRICKET FIELD C.F.'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
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)
Globular urn with everted rim. Below neck decorated with two parallel grooves, then row of stamps, then three parallel grooves, then row of stamps, then possibly a horizontal groove. Extending over shoulder are vertical bosses decorated with seven longitudinal grooves, some appear to have short diagonal grooves intersecting the apex. One stamp type present. Incomplete, reconstructed from sherds; 24 present.
Event Date 29/10/2020
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:288210
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