From Brackmont Mill, near Leuchars, Fife

Pot with lid

This ceramic pot with a lid was found in a cemetery at Brackmont Mill near Leuchars in Fife. It contained the cremated remains of a newborn baby, buried sometime between 2000 and 1500 BC. The use of a lid on such a pot is very unusual.

The body of the pot is plain.

In death, different age groups were sometimes dealt with in different ways. Some children received a modified version of an adult burial. Here, the pot containing the remains was buried upright in a cemetery where all the adults' urns were upside down.

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Online ID:	000-100-036-025-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.EQ 722 B
Date:	2000 - 1500 BC Between 2000 and 1500 BC
Material:	Ceramic; low conical shape Ceramic; vase form; everted lip; slight shoulder; decorated with string impressions; inside the lip, a line at rim, rows of slanting lines below, three lines at base of bevel; outside, a line at rim, lattice with slanting lines below, body undecorated
Dimensions:	2.30" H x 6.00" est D 6.70" H; rim 6.50" D; lip 1.50" deep
What:	Pottery / food vessel Pottery / food vessel lid
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Where:	Scotland, Fife, Leuchars, Brackmont Mill Scotland, Fife, Leuchars, Brackmont Mill
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Description:	Food vessel of vase form with everted lip and slight shoulder, decorated with string impressions, found upright with remains of neonate, from Brackmont Mill, near Leuchars, Fife Food vessel lid of low conical shape, from Brackmont Mill, near Leuchars, Fife, 2000 - 1500 BC
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