"Sassenay" type cinerary urn

MACB 337-118

Object type cinerary urn

Fabric Bronze Age handmade pottery

Culture/period Prehistory

Materials pottery

Technique handmade

Mint

Production date -1200 / -900

Museum Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles

Current location

Archaeological site Cova de les Encantades de Martís

Township Esponellà

Dimensions 240 x 230 x 6 mm

Description

Biconical cinerary urn with a cylindrical neck and outturned rim, corresponding to the vessels traditionally known as the "Sassenay" type. At the end of the Bronze Age the deceased began to be cremated, instead of being buried, and their ashes and part of the burned bones were deposited inside a ceramic urn. In this case the urn was not buried, as usual, but was placed inside the burial cave of Encantades de Martís, thus continuing the long funeral tradition of this cave, which was used from the Neolithic.

Omeka ID 3561