Pot with lid

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This ceramic pot with a lid was found in a cemetery at Brackmont Mill near Leuchars in Fife. It contained the cremated remains of a newborn baby, buried sometime between 2000 and 1500 BC. The use of a lid on such a pot is very unusual.

The body of the pot is plain.

In death, different age groups were sometimes dealt with in different ways. Some children received a modified version of an adult burial. Here, the pot containing the remains was buried upright in a cemetery where all the adults' urns were upside down.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-025-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 722 B
• Date: 2000 - 1500 BC
  Between 2000 and 1500 BC
  
• Material: Ceramic; low conical shape
  Ceramic; vase form; everted lip; slight shoulder; decorated with string impressions; inside the lip, a line at rim, rows of slanting lines below, three lines at base of bevel; outside, a line at rim, lattice with slanting lines below, body undecorated
  Pottery / food vessel
  Pottery / food vessel lid
  
• Dimensions: 2.30" H x 6.00" est D
  6.70" H; rim 6.50" D; lip 1.50" deep
  
• What: Pottery / food vessel
  Pottery / food vessel lid
  
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• Where: Scotland, Fife, Leuchars, Brackmont Mill
  Scotland, Fife, Leuchars, Brackmont Mill
  
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• Description: Food vessel of vase form with everted lip and slight shoulder, decorated with string impressions, found upright with remains of neonate, from Brackmont Mill, near Leuchars, Fife
  Food vessel lid of low conical shape, from Brackmont Mill, near Leuchars, Fife, 2000 - 1500 BC
  
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