Summary

Beaker from the cemetery at Barns Farm, Dalgety Bay, Fife

Accession Number

X.EQ 908

Other references

None

Original description

[MOS List, II.5.1, Death: object list by case, JAS 3.2.98. Case no.: V08 - Identity: part of community]. [One of] Grave goods from cemetery at Barns Farm: - from Cist 4: - Beaker. Trevor Cowie notes, 20 February 2014: Description after Watkins 1982: Beaker (FRN 163; NMAS EQ 908; fig 17.163) fragments with a light buff-brown slip over an orange fabric c 9 mm thick, whose interior is black and has crushed stone grits c 2 mm in diameter. The pot is 145 mm high and has an external rim diameter of 145 mm and a base diameter of 117 mm. This is an extremely squat, jar-like, beaker with a remarkable width-to-height ratio. Its body has near-vertical sides and a concave neck which flares slightly to a thin, square rim. The pot is decorated all over with an average of five uneven lines of large chevrons c 30 mm in height which have been roughly incised with an irregularly pointed tool 1-2 mm wide. The presence of smaller, fainter lines running parallel to many of the chevrons suggests that the tool had a ragged, uneven end such as a flint or twig. Furthermore, the decoration appears to have been hastily, or at least carelessly, executed, as the lines of chevrons frequently overlap or fail to form a regular pattern. The base is much damaged, but seems to be undecorated. For further discussion see Watkins 1982.

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

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

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Method (e.g. excavation)

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Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Barns Farm, Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

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Acquisition

Acquisition date

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Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

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Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

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