Accession No
1888.30.215
Description
68 sherds from two or more urns. One or more urn has an everted rim; no base sherds present. Some sherds decorated with incised lines, stamps, and vertical shoulder bosses; two types of stamps present. Evidence of heat spalling on exterior of one vessel; previously reconstructed with sherds and infill.
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
1888.30.215; MAA: Z 16296; J.124
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Fragment of old note, or possibly detached label, reads: '... St Johns'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
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: Jazmin Hundal
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1888.30.[210-233]: 'St John's Cricket Field Anglo-Saxon cemetery, sherds, J.120-J.132'.
Event Date 5/6/2001
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Description (Physical description)
68 sherds from two or more urns. One or more urn has an everted rim; no base sherds present. Some sherds decorated with incised lines, stamps, and vertical shoulder bosses; two types of stamps present. Evidence of heat spalling on exterior of one vessel; previously reconstructed with sherds and infill.
Event Date 2/11/2020
Author: Jazmin Hundal
FM:288262
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