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bowl
Object Type
bowl
Museum number
1879,1209.1493
Description
Pottery Peterborough Ware bowl; comb-impressed herring-bone decoration internally; vertical fingernail impressions on internal rim bevel; comb-impressed diagonal lines on outer rim bevel; irregular diagonal slashes in neck; groups of diagonal comb-impressed lines on body.
Cultures/periods
Neolithic
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Pole's Wood South
, BB.CLXXXVII Barrow 231 chambered long cairn Mound Material
Materials
pottery
Ware
Peterborough Ware
Technique
impressed
Dimensions
Diameter:
54 millimetres
(base)
Diameter:
105 millimetres
(mouth)
Height:
105 millimetres
Bibliographic references
Kinnes et al 1985 / The Greenwell Collection
(231:4)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Rev William Greenwell
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1879,1209.1493