Description (Labels & Markings)
Sherds variously marked in black ink. Two marked: 'S64 King's W. end of new building 1907'; three marked: 'S64'. Two sherds also feature small hand-written labels affixed to their interior. One reads: 'King's 1907'; the other reads: 'King's 1907 W'.
Event Date
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26680 [A-N]: 'Various Thetford ware sherds, rims and handles. This group includes a large sherd of a storage jar in 3 pieces. Pieces of pot wall and base with pie-crust decoration in vertical strips on the wall and also on the sagging base (marked S.7). A large jar sherd (marked S.54) with multiple handles, one short and one long.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Found on King's Lane, 1907.
Event Date 1907
Author: maa

Context (References)
Hughes, Thomas McKenny. (1908). 'On the Excavations in the King's Lane.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 12(2). pp. 133-139.
Event Date 1908
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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. p. 58 (S.64).
Event Date 1957
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Hurst and West (1957): 'Five sherds with several variations of applied bands and ridges differently thumbed.'
Event Date 1957
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (References)
Browne, David M. (1974). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of the City of Cambridge.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65. p. 24
Event Date 1974
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26880 [A-N]: '18 sherds found'.
Event Date 13/9/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Context (Amendments / updates)
Period field previously gave 'Late Saxon' but has been dated to Saxo Norman period by Hurst and West (1957). Period field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 10/10/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal

Description (Physical description)
Five sherds of dark grey Thetford ware featuring applied bands with variously thumbed impressions.
Event Date 11/10/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal