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Beaker

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From Forglen House, Banffshire

Postcard of Beaker.
000-100-036-033-C
© National Museums Scotland

Beaker

Beakers are a range of early pottery, including coarse jars and fine pots for drinking. This example was found in a grave at Forglen House in Banffshire.

The beaker is decorated with horizontal lines of twisted cord impressions all over its exterior surface. It is a type popular in Continental Europe, especially the middle and lower Rhineland, between 2500 and 2050 BC.

Beaker pottery was adopted as a prestigious Continental novelty from around 2500 BC along with other novelties. The finest beakers are usually found in burials, where they were deposited, probably full, as gifts to accompany the deceased to the afterlife.


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Online ID: 000-100-036-033-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 746
Date: Between 2500 and 2050 BC
Material: Ceramic; decorated with horizontal lines of string; narrow undecorated zone above base
Dimensions: 6.50" H; rim 5.00" - 5.10" D; base 2.80" D
What: Pottery / beaker
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Where: Scotland, Banffshire, Forglen House
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Description: Beaker with all over comb decoration, from Forglen House, Banffshire
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