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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