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Bronze cauldron

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From Awhirk, Wigtownshire

Postcard of Bronze cauldron.
000-100-102-892-C
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Bronze cauldron

This bronze cauldron was found at Awhirk in Wigtownshire. It was made sometime between 100 BC and 200 AD.

The cauldron was made by beating a single sheet of bronze. It is unfinished.

Feasting was one form of conspicuous consumption, designed to show off the power, wealth and status of the giver. Some cauldrons were also buried as gifts to the gods, probably symbolic of food and feasting.


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Online ID: 000-100-102-892-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  Q.L.1946.24
Date: between 100 BC and 200 AD
Material: Beaten bronze
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What: Cauldron
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Where: Scotland, Wigtownshire, Awhirk
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Description: Cauldron made of a single sheet of beaten bronze, having a single perforation in the base, from Awhirk, Wigtonshire, between 100 BC and 200 AD
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