Ceramic beaker. A small pot which slightly flares out at the middle, before narrowing at the neck and flaring out toward the rim. It is decorated with dotted vertical and horizontal lines and cross hatching.

ABDUA:19696

Small, Late Northern British beaker, with three bands of decoration (twisted cord, horizontal bands, herringbone) separated by two plain horizontal bands. The outside of the pot is slightly burnished. The beaker was found in association with a burial at Elrick, Aberdeenshire in the 19th century. Transfers : FROM Mayor Campbell of Cloghill TO Dr A Rudolf Galloway (pre 1924) TO Museum (1924). Found in association with an Early Bronze Age funeral burial, near Hill of Elrick, Newhills, Aberdeenshire. Context : 'in a cist'.

Field Collection Date: 1850 (pre)

Early: -2400 Late: -1800 Period: LNEO EBA

clay fired clay pottery, handbuilt fired, H: 134 mm Dia(rim): 118 mm

Physical Object

Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Hill of Elrick Newhills Aberdeenshire

Acquisition Source: Galloway, A.Rudolf Dr