Accession No
Z 26680 M
Description
Thick body sherd of dark grey Thetford ware with light grey interior. Exterior surface features two perpendicular applied bands with roughly thumbed impressions.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; King's Lane; King's College
Period
Saxo Norman Medieval
Source
Hughes, Thomas McKenny (Professor) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 26680 M
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Sherd marked in black ink: 'S66'. Small hand-written label affixed to interior reads: 'King's 1907'.
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. 59 (S.66).
Event Date 1957
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Hurst and West (1957): 'A large very thick sherd (eight-tenths of an inch) with a very rough applied band irregularly thumbed and various thumbings elsewhere on the sherd.'
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)
Thick body sherd of dark grey Thetford ware with light grey interior. Exterior surface features two perpendicular applied bands with roughly thumbed impressions.
Event Date 11/10/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:304660
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