Bronze cauldron

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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: 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
  Cauldron
  
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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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