Cremation accessory vessel
- Description
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This small vessel was excavated in 1868 from a barrow surrounded by a ditch. It contains the cremated remains of an adult or juvenile. The bones were recently radiocarbon dated.
This type of pot is called an accessory vessel because it often accompanies large cremation urns but no such urn was found in this barrow. The pot is decorated with fine lines filled in with a red pigment (probably hematite). - Accession Loan No.
- A291
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Common Name
- cremation accessory vessel
- Simple Name
- accessory vessel, human remains
- Full Name
- incense cup, accessory vessel, human remains
- Dimensions
- whole height 45 mm; whole diameter 75 mm; base diameter 75 mm
- Period Classification
- Bronze Age (2600-700 BC)
- Production Year Low
- -1940
- Production Year High
- -1750
- Family Group
- Material
- pottery; bone (human)
- Collector / Excavator
- Blackmore, Mr; Kirwan, Rev; Hutchinson, P O, Mr
- Collection Site Name
- Broad Down, Farway
- Collection Parish
- Farway
- Collection Town
- Honiton
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
