Summary

Accessory cup shaped like two truncated cones placed base to base, with two incised lines encircling the lip and eighteen small perforations at bulge, from Marchhouse, Ayrshire, 2000 - 1500 BC

Accession Number

X.EQ 360

Other references

Original description

COLLECTIONS FROM SEPULCHRAL DEPOSITS: Incense-cup Urn, 1 15/16"in height, 2 3/8" in diam. at mouth 3 3/8" at bulge, 1 5/8" across base, shaped like two truncated cones placed base to base with two incised lines encircling the lip and 18 small perforations at bulge, Muirkirk, Ayrshire.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Marchhouse, Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1924

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor
Donor

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