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Middle Bronze Age pottery jar
A large sherd from the rim and body of a barrel-shaped, grey-surfaced jar, with everted, finger-printed rim and finger-printed cordon on girth.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
64.135/3
Find Information
Site Name: Lesser Garth Cave, Lesser Garth
Grid Reference: ST 126 822
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1963-1964
Notes: Found in a layer sealed by stalagmite above the roof-collapse, along with animal bones of Ox, Pig, Sheep/Goat. Found in area J.
Acquisition
Donation, 13/4/1964
Measurements
length / mm:111.0
maximum width / mm:82.0
width / mm
internal diameter / mm:180.0 (of rim)
diameter / mm
diameter / mm:230.0 (of girth)
thickness / mm:9.0 (of sherd wall)
weight / g:121.0
Material
pottery
quartz tempered
Techniques
hand made
Location
In store
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