Early ceramic pot

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This ceramic pot was found in a cist burial within a cemetery at Almondbank near Perth in Perthshire. It had probably contained an offering of food or drink. The bones of the corpse were radiocarbon dated to between 2136 and 1694 BC.

The pot is decorated over much of its exterior surface with rough jabbed impressions.

From around 2500 BC, individual burial became popular over much of Scotland. In most cases, the only item to be buried with the dead was a pot containing an offering of food or drink. In this case, the corpse was also accompanied by a bronze awl.

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• Online ID: 000-100-036-071-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EQ 816
• Date: Between 2136 and 1694 BC
  
• Material: Vase shaped, decorated all over with jabbed impressions
  Pottery / food vessel
  
• Dimensions: 5" H x 5.8" rim D
  
• What: Pottery / food vessel
  
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• Where: Scotland, Perthshire, Perth, Almondbank
  
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• Description: Pottery / food vessel
  
• References:
  • Stewart, the late M.E.C. and Barclay, G.J. Excavations in burial and ceremonial sites of the Bronze Age in Tayside. Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal, 3 (1997), pp 22-54. 
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