Pottery / wall / sherd

Description

Decorated wall sherd from Skara Brae, 3100 - 2500 BC

Museum reference

X.HA 244

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Pottery / wall / sherd

Date

Late Neolithic

Materials

Ceramic

Physical description

Ceramic; exterior pink to buff, interior buff; surface covered with thick slip; parts of two vertical lozenges, joining at their tips, outlined by double lines and filled with jabbed decoration, large spirals on either side

Collection place(s)

Skara Brae, Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

Canmore

On display

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