Ceramic pot found in a child's grave

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This small ceramic pot was found in a child's grave at Nunraw in East Lothian. It is a smaller version of a type of pot found in adult burials, and was buried sometime between 2300 and 1800 BC.

The pot is decorated with incised lines created with a comb, arranged in bands around the pot from the rim to the base.

Different age groups sometimes had different burial customs. Some children received a modified version of an adult burial. Here, this unusually small pot was included as a grave good within a cist containing a child's inhumation.

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• Online ID: 000-100-043-958-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EG 116
• Date: Between 2300 and 1800 BC
  
• Material: Ceramic, interior grey to greyish brown, exterior greyish brown reddish brown; interior of rim bevelled; intact, apart from some springing around upper part; decoration, comb impressed designs in 3 zones separated by 3 narrow reserved zones
  Pottery / beaker
  
• Dimensions: 154 mm H; rim 132 mm D; base 76 mm D
  
• What: Pottery / beaker
  
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• Where: Scotland, East Lothian, Garvald, Nunraw
  
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• Description: Smaller than average beaker from a child inhumation at Nunraw, East Lothian
  
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