IRISH ANTIQUITY

Object Name: Pot : urn : vase
Description: Pot : urn : vase The vessel has a rounded rim, straight neck, rounded shoulder, and sharply tapered body to a base which was not found. The inner surface of the neck is decorated with boldly incised lines. Four horizontal lines form a band filled with short incised lines. The rim is marked with short lines and the lower portion of the outer surface of the neck bears a band of incised ornament similar to the decoration on the inner surface. A herring-bone pattern of incised lines decorates the body of the vessel below the shoulder.
Place Collected
Catalogue Number: BELUM.A2.1990
Copyright: National Museums NI

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