Container for drink

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This bronze container for drink was found at Flanders Moss in Stirlingshire. It was an expensive item, presumably used in feasts given by an important leader sometime between 950 and 750 BC.

The upper part of the container was made from two sheets of bronze riveted together. A third sheet was curved to form the bottom and lower part, and riveted to the upper sheets. A smaller piece has been riveted inside to repair cracks in the body.

Feasting was one form of conspicuous consumption during the Late Bronze Age, designed to show off the power, wealth and status of the giver. Alcoholic drink was served from large bucket-shaped containers, ladled out into fine cups.

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• Online ID: 000-100-034-791-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DU 11
• Date: Between 950 and 750 BC
  
• Material: Bronze
  Bucket / situla
  
• Dimensions: 19.00" H; mouth 14.50" - 15.00" D
  
• What: Bucket / situla
  
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• Where: Scotland, Stirlingshire, Flanders Moss
  
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• Description: Bronze bucket or situla from Flanders Moss, Stirlingshire
  
• References:
  • Coles, John M. Scottish late Bronze Age metalwork: typology, distributions and chronology. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 93 (1959-1960), pp 16-134, esp. pp 29, 88. 
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