cup
- Museum number
- 1868,1228.596
- Description
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Rounded pottery cup with both surfaces polished. Plus loose sherds. The external surface is brown, red-brick red and grey, crazed; the internal surface is brick red-black. The cup has a chipped rim and is burnt.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 105 - 110 millimetres (mouth)
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Diameter: 64 millimetres (base)
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Height: 70 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Orlinska 2001
Findspot: Schweinitz (Elster) (vicinity of); ‘Schweinitz’. Imprecise location.
From different sites, see section II (Imprecise locations), 35.
References: Klemm J. G., undated. ‘Catalog der culturhistorischen Sammlung des verstorbenen Hofrath Dr. Gustav Klemm in Dresden Königsbrücker Strasse Nr. 84. Einleitung’ VI (Dresden), 15 (2-4: ‘Gebrannter Thon. altgermanisch: complette Urnen’); Klemm, J. G., 1868b. A. ‘Germanische Alterthümer, British Museum, London (unpublished manuscript), nos 698-699, 703 (2-3, 4: ‘Schweinitz’).
See Section V (materials associated with the collection), 2.7.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1868,1228.596
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Klemm.48