Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'S.11D'.
Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Related Documents)
The catalogue card for Z 26865 A [.1-3] reads: 'Marked "5.9, 5.10 and 5.11 B [sic, in fact D]." 1908'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 26865 A: 'Sherds of Thetford Ware'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'New Schools / Benet St / 1908'.

Event Date
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Field collection)
Found in 1908 during construction works of the Examination School (1908-1910); object marked ‘New Schools’, likely referring to New Examination School. In 1908–9 building works revealed structural and human remains associated with the Cambridge Austin friars, as well as later and unrelated material.
Event Date 1908
Author: Sophie Wardle

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. 55 (no. S.11). [The other 3 sherds mentioned in this reference have IDNO Z 26867 B].
Event Date 1957
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Hurst and West (1957): 'S. 11. Four sherds with thumbed applied bands in arcs and lines.'
Note: Record Z 26865 A.3 is one of the group of four sherds described here.
Event Date 1957
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (References)
Browne, David M. (1974). 'An Archaeological Gazetteer of the City of Cambridge.' Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 65.
Event Date 1974
Author: Sophie Wardle

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note in bag with sherds (Z 26865 A[.1-3]-B) reads: '3 x Thetford ware / 1 x Middle Saxon igneous tempered / PSS [Paul Sylvan Spoerry] 02/06'.
Event Date 2/2006
Author: Sophie Wardle

Description (Physical description)
Sherd of Thetford ware, featuring applied thumb-impressed decoration. Dark grey fabric.
Event Date 17/10/2023
Author: Sophie Wardle