Context (Display)
Historic display label found with Z 30867 A-C: 'Figured Specimens from Camb Ant Soc / Bird Bolt Hotel 1906 / found in digging foundations for Norwich Union and Liberal Club. / 19 boxes sent to Archaeol[og]y Mus[eu]m / T McKenny Hughes'

[See image attached to record Z 26852 A. Katrina Dring, 05/02/2024]
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Author: Katrina Dring

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Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label in blue ball pen found with object reads: 'Thetford Ware'.
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Author: Danlei Zhou

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'S.20'
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Author: Danlei Zhou

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Small typed label affixed to object reads: '37'.
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Author: Danlei Zhou

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Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26852 [A-K]: 'Thetford Ware sherds.'
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Author: maa

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Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'BIRD BOLT CAMBRIDGE'.
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Author: Danlei Zhou

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Context (Field collection)
Found during building work, 1904-1906 (see Browne, p. 26)
Event Date 1904
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Hughes, Thomas McKenny. (1907). 'On the Section Seen and the Objects Found During Excavations on the Site of the Old Bird Bolt Hotel'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 11(3). pp. 424-445. Fig. 37
Event Date 1907
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Description (Physical description)
Thomas McKenny Hughes: 'Piece of coarse ware with brush or stick marks on the inside, about 1/2 an inch thick and 3/4 where the bands come; ornamented with bands of clay laid on and impressed with close thumb marks and bands plastered on down the side.'
Event Date 1907
Author: Danlei Zhou

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Description (Physical description)
J.G. Hurst (1957): 'Thick (six-tenths of an inch) sherd with applied thumbed band in a slight curve with a small rib above and another in the centre (figured in Proc. C.A.S. vol. xi (1907), fig. 37). The inner surface is brushed.'
Event Date 1957
Author: Danlei Zhou

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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. pp. 29-60 (no. S.20)
Event Date 1957
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Browne, David M. (1974). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of the City of Cambridge.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65. p. 26
Event Date 1974
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (Amendments / updates)
The Period field was previously given as 'Saxon'. This has been updated to 'Saxo Norman' on the basis of Hurst's 1957 publication.
Event Date 10/10/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou

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Description (Physical description)
Sherd from a large, thick-walled Thetford Ware vessel. Horizontal applied strip with seven close thumbed impressions, five complete and two partial. Brush mark on internal surface.
Event Date 12/10/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou