Accession No
1980.470 D
Description
Sherds from multiple vessels of amphorae, coarse ware and Castor ware. Three base sherds, four rim sherds and 21 body sherds. Some sherds are decorated with crosshatching through pattern-burnishing.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Castle Hill; Ridgeons Gardens [Phoenix Gardens]
Period
Roman
Source
Alexander, John (Dr) [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1980.470 D; PG S 26 / 27 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Numerous sherds of amphorae and coarse ware, and Castor ware
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Note found with bag 1980.470 H but which appears to refer to all or part of the assemblage 1980.470 A-T: ‘Coarse rilled cooking pots | PG S 26/27 / 34 rim fragments (probably representing 20 or more pots)
Description: -shorts neck (about 1/2 inch) / -everted, turned down rim - thickened / -some undercut / Decoration: -confined to shoulder and running down to indent waist / -Types: horizontal rilling / 1. Fine + uniform (13 lines/inch) / 2. Fine + banded into bands of 8 lines (13 lines/inch) / 3. Less fine + uniform (9 lines/inch or in bands of 5 lines / Bases - indistinguishable from other types / flat / 1 base included rilling 1” from base / Total fragments excluding bases + rims = 140 / Pit / P.G. 26 / Keep.’
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Field collection)
Deposit: FXI Top; GXI Top
Event Date 1962
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Ridgeons Gardens I (Phoenix Gardens), Castle Hill excavations 1962-1963 by John Alexander, Ray Farrar, etc. (Event no. ECB1294).
Event Date 1962
Author: Sam Daisley
Context (Related Documents)
Note found with bag 1980.470 H but which appears to refer to all or part of the assemblage 1980.470 A-T: ‘Examined 5/8/66 / But surely there must be another box-full. There are only 10 rims here + 78 bases. / [illegible signature]’
Event Date 5/8/1966
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
Note found with bag 1980.470 H but which appears to refer to all or part of the assemblage 1980.470 A-T: ‘Nene Valley Research Committee / Proxy / 2 large combed jar-rims / 28/11/78’
Event Date 28/11/1978
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (References)
Alexander, John and Pullinger, Joyce. (2000). ‘Roman Cambridge: Excavations on Castle Hill 1956-1988’. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 88. pp. 1-268
Event Date 2000
Author: Sam Daisley
Context (Amendments / updates)
This IDNO was previously stored 6 boxes, and as such cannot be stored together. The decision has been made to split the IDNO into A-T suffixes, based on the bags they have historically been stored in, sequentially in box order.
Event Date 25/4/2022
Author: Sam Daisley
Description (Physical description)
Sherds from multiple vessels of amphorae, coarse ware and Castor ware. Three base sherds, four rim sherds and 21 body sherds. Some sherds are decorated with crosshatching through pattern-burnishing.
Event Date 26/4/2022
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:296312
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