collared urn
- Museum number
- 1879,1209.1124
- Description
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Pottery collared urn: twisted cord: on internal rim bevel, three lines; at base of internal moulding, on intermittent line; on collar, horizontal lines; on neck, row of short diagonal lines separated from a second row of opposed diagonal lines by three horizontal lines with a further three beneath; on body, zone of horizontal lines above zone of short diagonal lines separated from a second zone of opposed short diagonal lines by three horizontal lines above zone of horseshoes with three lines beneath; at base, two rows of horseshoes above line of jabs.
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 83 millimetres (base)
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Diameter: 130 millimetres (mouth)
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Height: 216 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Longworth 1984
Publications: W. Greenwell (1877) 'British Barrows', 272-4, fig. 84; J. Abercromby (1912) 'A Study of the Bronze Age Pottery of Great Britain and Ireland and its Associated Grave-Goods', Oxford, Clarendon Press, I, fig. 119; I. H. Longworth (1961) The origins and development of the Primary Series in the Collared Urn Tradition in England and Wales, 'P.P.S.', XXVII, 263-306, no. 232.
Type of site: Round barrow.
Context: Accompanied inhumation of female of 40-45 years, on natural. The vessel had been placed before the face.
Associated grave goods: None.
- Location
- On display (G51/dc11)
- Acquisition date
- 1879
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1879,1209.1124