vessel-cover

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Object Type
Museum number: 1889,0704.192
Description: Greyish-yellow sandstone slab with one curved side and the other flat, rough circular shape, irregular surfaces, used as an urn cover.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 1950BC-1550BC (c.)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: El Argar, Stone slab that was used as a cover for the pottery urn (1889.0704.191) that contained the burial of grave 896.This was a burial of unidentifiable human remains with the grave goods comprising of a copper alloy bracelet, a small ring and copper alloy beads. It was found 1 m below the surface with the grave measuring 42 cm long by 40 cm wide.
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 405 - 432 millimetres; Weight: 10.626 kilograms; Thickness: 31 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Siret & Siret 1890 / Las Primeras Edades del Metal en el Sudeste de España; Schubart & Ulreich 1991 / Die Funde der südostspanischen Bronzezeit aus der Sammlung Siret (Text: p.168); Raposo 2012 / The Prehistory of South-East Spain: The Siret Collection in the British Museum
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1889,0704.192

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