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This ceramic cooking pot and stone lid were found together in a cubicle within Midhowe Broch on Rousay in Orkney. They were used sometime between 0 and 400 AD.

The small dark pot has a well marked shoulder, with a rounded and slightly out-turned rim. It had been burnished on its outer surface. The pot lid is made from a thin slab of stone, roughly chipped into a circular shape.

Pots with lids could have been used for various purposes, including cooking and storage.

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• Online ID: 000-100-038-131-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.GAM 124
• Date: 0 - 400 AD
  Between 0 and 400 AD
  
• Material: Ceramic, dark, formerly burnished outside; small; rim rounded and slightly everted; shoulder well marked
  Stone
  Cooking pot
  Pot lid
  
• Dimensions: 5.00" H; rim 4.75" D; base 4.00" D
  5.50" D
  
• What: Cooking pot
  Pot lid
  
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• Where: Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Midhowe
  Scotland, Orkney, Rousay, Midhowe
  
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• Description: Small dark ceramic cooking pot formerly burnished outside, from Midhowe Broch, Rousay, Orkney
  Stone pot lid from Midhowe Broch, Rousay, Orkney, 0 - 400 AD
  
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