accessory cup

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Object Type: accessory cup
Museum number: 1879,1209.546
Description: Accessory vessel; pottery; two irregular rows of comb-impressed short lines forming herring-bone for part of circumference beneath rim.
Cultures/periods: Early Bronze Age
Production date: 2200BC-1600BC (circa)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Cowlam, Cowlam VII BB 57 Round barrow
Materials: pottery
Technique: impressed
Dimensions: Diameter: 68 millimetres (base); Diameter: 113 millimetres (mouth); Height: 71 millimetres; Weight: 301.60 grammes; Thickness: 7 millimetres (rim); Width: 112 millimetres; Depth: 55 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Kinnes et al 1985 / The Greenwell Collection (57:35)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: Rev William Greenwell
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1879,1209.546

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