burial gifts

MAC BCN-017652, MAC BCN-017653, MAC BCN-017720, MAC BCN-017721, MAC BCN-017722, MAC BCN-017723, MAC BCN-017724, MAC BCN-017725, MAC BCN-017726, MAC BCN-017727, MAC BCN-017728, MAC BCN-017729, MAC BCN-017731, MAC BCN-017732, MAC BCN-017733, MAC BCN-017734
Object type
Culture/period Prehistory
Materials pottery
Technique handmade
Mint
Production date -600 / -500
Current location Exposició permanent
Archaeological site Can Bech de Baix
Township Agullana (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Girona, Alt Empordà)
Dimensions 210 mm, 125 mm, 261 x 215 mm, 124 x 114 x 63 mm,156 x 124 x 100 mm, 50 x 135 x 45 mm, 75 x 138 x 38 mm, 60 mm, 77 x 170 mm, 270 x 210 x 117 mm, 282 x 250 x 120 mm, 214 x 190 mm, 124 x 120 mm, 60 x 134 x 33 mm, 72 mm, 141 x 102 mm, 59 x 153 x 39 mm
Description
The study of the morphology of Tomb 184 and how its complex grave goods were organized, with metallic pieces and a large collection of pottery vessels, has identified a veritable banquet assemblage. This has allowed us to interpret the cremated individual as part of the elite social group and even that he could have been a foreigner established in the community who used the Necropolis of Can Bech de Baix in Agullana. Funerary urn with a large vertical cylindrical handle, decorated all over its surface with four horizontal bands (MAC BCN-017652). Handmade ceramic bowl used as a funerary urn lid. Conical shape, bevelled lip and decoration of a straight line based on a double incised line, and small foot (MAC BCN-017653). Urn of the "Cruz del Negro" type, with a slight tendency to a double frustoconical form. It has a high, almost cylindrical neck with an everted rim and two handles (MAC BCN-017720). Ovoid urn with a long neck and slightly everted rim. It has a vertical handle and is decorated with large incisions in the upper body (MAC BCN- 017721). Small ovoid vessel with a high neck and concave walls. It has a vertical handle between the belly and neck. There is no decoration (MAC BCN-017722). Lid with surfaces smoothed with a spatula. It is shaped like a sphere (MAC BCN-017723). Small almost hemispherical vessel with bevelled lip and horizontal handle. It displays decoration on top (MAC BCN-017724). Urn lid, has a spherical shape with a horizontal side handle. It also has an umbo base (MAC BCN-017725). Carinated vessel with horizontal lateral side handle and umbo base (MAC BCN-017726). A “Cruz del Negro” type vessel with an ovoidal body, almost cylindrical neck and two symmetrical handles at the height of the neck and a strengthening in the mouth (MAC BCN-017727). A "Cruz del Negro" ceramic urn with a slight tendency to aconical shape. With an almost cylindrical neck and two symmetrical handles at the height of the neck, it has a reinforcement in the mouth (MAC BCN-017728). A "Cruz del Negro" ceramic urn, has an ovoidal body, almost cylindrical neck and two symmetrical twin handles at the height of the neck. It has a reinforcement in the mouth (MAC BCN-017729). A small offerings recipient with ovoidal profile without foot or neck. The base is flat (MAC BCN-017730). An urn lid in the shape of a spherical cap, with a horizontal side handle and umbo base. Inside, coinciding with the ends of the handle, there are two protuberances (MAC BCN-017731). A conical-shaped lid with a vertical side handle in the form of a tape (MAC BCN-017732). Small recipient with an “S”-shaped profile and a slight narrowing at the start of the neck. It has a vertical ribbon-shaped side handle and a flat base (MAC BCN-017733). A lid of a funeral urn with a profile in the shape of a spherical cap, horizontal handle and umbo base (MAC BCN-017734).
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