Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907 · London, Methuen & Co · leaf 56
2) Food-vessels. (3) Drinking-cups. (4) Incense-cups. There is no doubt as to the use for which the cineraryurns1 were intended, because they are found filled withburnt human bones, sometimes placed in an invertedposition upon a flat stone, and sometimes mouth up-wards. The cinerary urns vary in… … BRONZE AGE URN OF FOOD-VESSEL TYPE FROMALWINTON, NORTHUMBERLAND; NOW INTHE BRITISH MUSEUM HEIGHT 5 INS. IN THE BRONZE AGE of an ordinary garden flower-pot, with a deep rim roundthe top, probably to give the vessel greater strength. The so-called food-vessels1 have received this namebecause they are…
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