Accession No
1888.30.196
Description
Sherds from an urn. Decorated above shoulder with a row of stamps bordered top and bottom by multiple lines and a band of chevrons filled with stamps. Around the shoulder are bosses with vertical grooves, and between these are alternating rows of stamps and grooves. Three stamp types used. Incomplete; three 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
1888.30.196; MAA: Z 16296; J.106
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Amendments / updates)
These are all part of Accession Register number 1888.30, which was subsequently given the Z number 16296. The 'J' numbers on the bags of sherds have been used to differentiate between them in the catalogue. Complete pots have been allocated separate records.
Event Date 5/6/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1888.30[.187-199]: 'St John's Cricket Field Anglo-Saxon cemetery, sherds, J.97-J.108 A'
Event Date 5/6/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Sherds from an urn. Decorated above shoulder with a row of stamps bordered top and bottom by multiple lines and a band of chevrons filled with stamps. Around the shoulder are bosses with vertical grooves, and between these are alternating rows of stamps and grooves. Three stamp types used. Incomplete; three sherds present.
Event Date 30/10/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:288239
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