- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone. [MOBB [OPS move] 27/9/2017]
- Geographical reference
- England East Sussex Lewes Seaford
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Romano-British, uncertain
- Date collected
- 1876 June 6?
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone
- Dimensions
- Length: max 16 mm, Weight 1 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.37.62.90
- Research and responses
1884.37.61 may have been the vessel in which the bones were found. Pitt Rivers conducted archaeological digs at Seaford Camp during 1876. Pitt Rivers 'Excavations in the camp and tumulus at Seaford Sussex' Journal of the Anthropological Institute 6 [1876] 287 - 299: 'In this section is shown the position of the two large urns I was able to extract from the matrix without injury. One (fig 2 pl xvii) a Roman vessel, wheel turned about 9 in in height and elaborately ornamented with zigzag lines was found 2ft 6 in beneath the surface. The rim was broken before interment and remended by a piece of clay very rudely pressed on. The other (fig 1 fl xviii) found at 3ft 6 in from the surface was of ruder workmanship also wheelturned but made with less care than the former and a foot high. Whilst excavating the last we obtained very clear evidence that an older urn had been broken up in the process of depositing it in the grave ... Both urns contained burnt bones ... [p.295] [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]
1884.37.62.90
Stone. [MOBB [OPS move] 27/9/2017]
1884.37.62.90
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