Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26863 [A-D]: 'Various sherds of cooking pots, etc.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'S.17'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou

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]
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

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

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
Event Date 1907
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. pp. 29-60
[Note: the number S.17 in the publication in fact refers to Z 26852 E. This sherd which is marked S.17 has been matched to the description given for S.15 in the publication]


Event Date 1957
Author: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
J.G. Hurst (1957): 'Thick sherd (six-tenths of an inch) of black ware with brown surfaces with a stamped decoration in the form of a spoked wheel with applied ribs leading from it.'
[Note: incorrectly referred to as S.15 in publication.]
Event Date 1957
Author: Danlei Zhou

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: Danlei Zhou

Description (Physical description)
Thick, flat body sherd of black ware with brown surfaces. Sherd has an incomplete stamped decoration in the form of a spoked wheel, two ridges leading from the stamped decoration and three parallel incised lines between ridges.
Event Date 13/10/2023
Author: Danlei Zhou