Early Iron Age amphora at Sampford (EHER 1390)
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Summary
An early Iron Age Italo-Greek amphora was discovered at Sampford and is now in the Saffron Walden Museum.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | TL 64 35 (point) Generic location for area - exact NGR not known. |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LITTLE SAMPFORD, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import:
A possible early Iron Age amphora, imported Italo-Greek type. By no means clear as provenance of amphora as Thaxted is rather confused, may belong to the Lindsell burial. <1> <2>
Amphora reported as from 'Thaxted' in museum is in fact from Sampford. It was presented to the museum in 1866 by Rev J.C. Rooke of Thaxted who reported that it had been 'dug up at Sampford.' <3>
It was classified by Heinrich Dressel as a type Ib. The amphora had probably been re-used for a cremation burial. <4> <5>
See also: <6> <7>
Finds
Sources
- <1> SEX4 DESC TEXT: Unknown. 1960 onwards. SMR form unknown.
- <2> SEX1315 Bibliographic reference: Fox, C.. 1923. Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. p.101.
- <3> SEX54255 CORRESPONDENCE: Unknown. 1997. letter re Amphora at found at Sampford.
- <4> SEX54256 DESC TEXT: Goring, C.. 1985. A Roman Amphora from Sampford, Essex.
- <5> SEX54257 DESC TEXT: Neale, K.. 1989. Roman Amphorae - Sampford Society Notes.
- <6> SEX54357 Monograph: Whimster, R.. 1981. BAR 90 - Burial practices in Iron Age Britain: a discussion and gazetteer of the evidence c 700 BC- AD 43. p.370.
- <7> SEX68905 Article in serial: Rodwell, W.J.. 1976. Archaeological Notes: A Dressel I Amphora from the Thaxted area. Essex Archaeology and History. 8. 250-251.
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Other References
- Old SMR Number: TL63
- NRHE identifier: 376814
- National Monuments Record: TL 63 SW 21