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Early Bronze Age pottery miniature vessel

Miniature globular vessel with s-shaped profile. It is decorated internally by a pair of incised lines below the rim, the uppermost infilled with white inlay, with a band of vertical incised lines beneath. These are alternately filled with white and red ochre infills. Externally, the neck is encircles by 5 incised lines, the first and fourth from the rim being originally filled wiht red ochre and the other bands with white infil. Below this a band of oblique lines in four of alternating direction are filled with white inlay. Around the shoulder are three incised lines, the first and third are filled with white and the central with red ochre.The same pattern is repeated beneath the shoulder. The base has a four way sun-like motif encircled with five incised lines, at least one of which has red ochre surviving. A pair of perforations are present on the central line of shoulder decoration on one side. The entire pot has been burnt.

Early Bronze Age pottery miniature vessel
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Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

2015.1H/5

Find Information

Site Name: Fan Barrow, Talsarn

Grid Reference: SN 5647 5870
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 2010

Notes: Recovered from context (021) - fill of grave [017].

Acquisition

donation, 14/1/2015

Measurements

height / mm:45
diameter / mm:66 (rim)
diameter / mm:45 (base)

Techniques

Hand made
Incised
Carved
Inlaid

Material

Pottery
Grog tempered

Location

In store
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