Accession No
1924.1350 B
Description
Fourteen sherds of various unglazed wares. Seven rim sherds of various form; one thumbed along outer edge; one decorated with an incised zigzag pattern along upper edge; one with a wavelike decoration formed from parallel incised lines on extant body portion; one with remnant base of vertical strap handle decorated by stabbed dots. Seven body sherds; two with wavelike decoration formed from parallel incised lines; one with rouletted decoration; one with an applied raised band with spaced thumbing. One sherd has been reconstructed using smaller sherds.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Comberton; Reeds Pit
Period
Saxo Norman Medieval
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1924.1350 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Seven sherds variously marked in black ink. Six marked: 'Reeds Pit Comberton 1924'; one marked: 'Reeds Pit B 23'. Four sherds have small hand-written label affixed. Two read: 'Reeds Pit Comberton May 15 1924'; one reads: 'Reeds Pit 1924'; the last reads: 'Reeds Pit Comberton'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.1350 [A-D]: 'Numerous fragments: pottery, handled jugs, cooking pots, etc'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card for 1924.1350 [A-D] notes: 'Found from time to time in 1924 by gravel diggers'
Event Date 1924
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Context (Analysis)
The catalogue card for 1924.1350 [A-D] notes: 'Glazed wares are absent and it seems probable that we are dealing with very early Mediaeval rubbish; possibly of Anglo Saxon date'.
Event Date 1924
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Context (Field collection)
Found: Reeds Pit A. Adjacent to the south side of the road Cambridge - Comberton and immediately to the East of the village. Collected in 1924.
Event Date 1924
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1924.1350 [A-D]: 4 sherds have been reconstructed into a shallow bowl or dish. One sherd is the handle and part of the body of a jug.
Event Date 12/10/2001
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
Description (Physical description)
Fourteen sherds of various unglazed wares. Seven rim sherds of various form; one thumbed along outer edge; one decorated with an incised zigzag pattern along upper edge; one with a wavelike decoration formed from parallel incised lines on extant body portion; one with remnant base of vertical strap handle decorated by stabbed dots. Seven body sherds; two with wavelike decoration formed from parallel incised lines; one with rouletted decoration; one with an applied raised band with spaced thumbing. One sherd has been reconstructed using smaller sherds.
Event Date 13/10/2023
Author: Zahni Blumenthal
FM:304719
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