bread stamp

Bread-stamp in wood. Carved by Monks on Mount Athos, Greece, and found in every Greek household. On main side, two compartments for Jesus Christ, one for nine archangels and one for Virgin Mary. The small stamp is a duplicate of the compartment dedicated to Christ.

Late: 1922 Period:

Hasluck, Margaret

wood

Urns were the dominant type of pottery used in burials, usually of a cremated body, during the early Bronze Age, about 1450-1250BC. They are found both in cemeteries and as secondary burials in barrows, often with the base uppermost, and may be accompanied by other grave goods. An urn is tall with a flat, often very narrow base, and may be decorated. There are two separate urn traditions, collared and cordoned urns. This is a part of a large and finely made cordoned urn with four spaced cordons around the neck. The rim is bevelled and decorated both inside and outside. The collar is decorated with a cord-impressed pattern of large and small lozenges and crosses in alternating sectors defined by vertical lines. The urn was found at Artamford, New Deer, Aberdeenshire within a known urn cemetery, but no finds are specifically recorded with it. This is a finely made urn and it is unusual in having four cordons.

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