Cinerary urn

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This ceramic urn was found at Kinneil Mill sand quarry near Linlithgow in Stirlingshire. It was used to hold cremated remains, and was buried upside down in a cist or pit sometime between 2050 and 1600 BC.

The urn is decorated with impressions of twisted cord and by horizontal ribs.

By around 1750 BC, in mainland Scotland, cremation had become the favoured funerary custom. Cremated remains were gathered from the funeral pyre, sometimes cleanly, sometimes mixed with pyre debris, and usually placed in a large pottery urn.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-037-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 752
• Date: Between 2050 and 1600 BC
  
• Material: Cordoned; 3 cordons 1", 5.2" and 7.6" below rim; decoration by cord impressions, 3 lines above upper cordon, between the 2 upper cordons a row of chevrons made by paired lines joined by a series of transverse lines, groups of horiz lines fi
  Pottery / cinerary urn
  
• Dimensions: 10" D x 5.7" base D x 13.5" H
  
• What: Pottery / cinerary urn
  
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• Where: Scotland, Stirlingshire, Kinneil Mill Sand Quarry
  
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• Description: Pottery / cinerary urn
  
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