Description (Labels & Markings)
Small hand-written label affixed to sherd reads: 'Kings 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)
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)
Rim sherd of fine greyware with wide remnant base of vertical strap handle attached. Collared rim; strap handle features four well defined parallel grooves on upper surface.
Event Date 11/10/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal