Ceramic urn

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This ceramic urn was found at Quarryford at Gifford in East Lothian. It was used to hold cremated remains, sometime between 2000 and 1500 BC.

The urn has a pronounced collar, decorated with close-spaced incised lines in triangular fields. Beneath the collar, wider-spaced, crossing lines have been incised around the body. The form and decoration of the urn occurs on others found in East Lothian.

By around 1750 BC, in mainland Scotland, cremation had become the favoured funerary custom. Cremated remains were usually placed in a large pottery urn, its top covered by a skin or stone. The urn was then buried upside down in a cist or pit.

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• Online ID: 000-100-034-996-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EA 56
• Date: Between 2000 and 1500 BC
  Middle Bronze Age
  
• Material: Clay; rim overhanging; with diagonal lines
  Pottery / urn
  
• Dimensions: 12.00" x 10.50"
  
• What: Pottery / urn
  
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• Where: Scotland, East Lothian, Gifford, Quarryford
  
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• Description: Collared urn from Quarryford, Gifford, East Lothian, Middle Bronze Age
  
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