Summary

Conical earthenware pirlie pig or money-box, pink body at base changing to grey upwards and showing traces of green glaze, found while opening a peat bank at Obbe, Harris

Accession Number

H.MEA 346

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Original description

MEDIEVAL POTTERY. "Pirlie-pig" or money-box of earthenware, conical, with a pink body at base changing to grey upwards and showing traces of a green glaze, the apex fractured and detached. Medieval, found 2 1/2 feet under the surface of very hard ground while opening a peat bank at Obbe, Harris.

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

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Discovery / field collection

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Acquisition

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