Norfolk County Council, Mary Chester-Kadwell, 2013-02-05 13:57:16
Title
Middle Early Medieval Ipswich Ware Pot
Description
English: 105 sherds of Middle Saxon Ipswich ware pottery including twelve basal and twenty-one jar rim, in the full "spectrum" of fabrics of fine sandy to coarse gritty / pimply (Blinkhorn 2012, 9). Just below the top of one rim sherd there is a pre-firing round hole. Weight 2.129kg. c.720 - c.850 AD.
On previous occasions since July 2009, 827 sherds of Ipswich ware (weight 13.492kg) found by a householder while gardening in a vegetable patch have been recorded.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Norfolk
Date
between 720 and 850
Accession number
FindID: 542201 Old ref: NMS-949D38 Filename: 52930_949D38_MS_Pot.JPG
Credit line
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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