Accessory Cup Pot

Dublin Core

Title

Accessory Cup Pot

Identifier

ABDUA:19721

Description

Tiny cup, decorated with incised herring-bone markings, found on the surface of the ground on Hill of Keir, with an ammonite fossil was found inside and a flint arrowhead lying nearby (Hill of Keir is an enclosed cemetery and later hillfort). The pot has been described variously as an 'urn', 'incense cup' and 'accessory cup'.

Source

Field Collection Date: 1899

Date

Early: -1800 Late: -600 Period: MBA LBA

Relation

ABDUA:14845

Format

clay fired clay pottery, H: 46 mm Dia(rim): 66 mm

Type

Physical Object

Coverage

Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Hill of Keir Skene Aberdeenshire

Provenance

Acquisition Source: Robertson, Robert Rev