Accession No
1888.30.227
Description
Urn with everted rim. Decorated with two bands of stamps bound between sets of parallel horizontal grooves below the neck. Across the shoulder are long shoulder bosses with vertical grooves either side. Between these are groups of stamps. Five stamps designs used. Incomplete, eight 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
1888.30.227; MAA: Z 16296; J.86
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: Louise Puckett
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1888.30.[225-237]: 'St John's Cricket Field Anglo-Saxon cemetery, sherds, J.84-J.96'
Event Date 5/6/2001
Author: Louise Puckett
Description (Physical description)
Urn with everted rim. Decorated with two bands of stamps bound between sets of parallel horizontal grooves below the neck. Across the shoulder are long shoulder bosses with vertical grooves either side. Between these are groups of stamps. Five stamps designs used. Incomplete, eight sherds present.
Event Date 29/10/2020
Author: Louise Puckett
FM:288273
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