IRISH ANTIQUITY

Object Name: Pot : urn
Description: Pot : urn Vase found in 1840 perhaps in a cairn covering three concentric circles of stones. It is complete except for about one third of the rim and neck. Decorated with low vertical ribs on neck and whipped cord impressions. Traces of ten vertical ribs survive; there may have been twelve originally. The pot contained a ball of clay or 'ashes' (?).
Materials: ceramic
Place Collected
Date Collected: 1840
1840
Catalogue Number: BELUM.A248.1924
Copyright: National Museums NI

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