Accession No

Z 26891.2


Description

Sherd of Thetford Ware. Likely a body sherd; Thick unglazed dark ware with a closed lug roughly filled in from one end with thumbing at each side and a thumbed imprint just below; Brown/grey fabric.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Mill Lane


Period

Saxo Norman Medieval


Source

Hughes, Thomas McKenny (Professor) [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 26891.2


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26891[.1-2]: 'Thetford Ware'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Historic label attached reads 'Mill Lane South side, June 5th 1893'
Event Date
Author: Aedan Jones


Context (References)
Hughes, T. McKenny. (1893). 'On some ancient ditches and Medieval remains found in the course of recent excavations near the Pitt Press'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 8(3). pp. 255-282
Event Date 1893
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Field collection)
Found: South side of Mill Lane. Collected by Professor Thomas McKenny Hughes in June 1893
Event Date 6/1893
Author: Aedan Jones


Description (Physical description)
Hurst and West (1957): 'Body sherd with a small strap handle and vertical thumbing along each side of it. This handle is purely decorative as the space between it and the body has been roughly filled in.'
Event Date 1957
Author: Aedan Jones


Context (References)
Hurst, J. G. and West, S. E. (1957). 'Saxo-Norman Pottery in East Anglia. Part II.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 50. (no. S.46)
Event Date 1957
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Sherd of Thetford Ware. Likely a body sherd; Thick unglazed dark ware with a closed lug roughly filled in from one end with thumbing at each side and a thumbed imprint just below; Brown/grey fabric.
Event Date 9/10/2023
Author: Aedan Jones


FM:304634

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