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a frag-mentary and damaged condition, but was repaired at the 

 Hull Museum, and is now on exhibition in the Cartwright Hall, 

 Bradford. As will be seen from the accompanying- illustration 

 (Fig'. 3), the vase, which contained cremated remains, is of the 

 usual cinerary urn type, having a wide mouth'^and a small base. 

 The upper two-thirds of the vase is cylindrical, the lower third 

 suddenly tapering- to the base. At the upper part of the vase is 

 a collar, which slightly projects from the remainder of the 

 vessel. This is ornamented by impressions from a twisted cord 

 and thong-, made on 

 the clay whilst soft. 

 These are alter- 

 nately vertical and 

 horizontal, the 

 latter impressions 

 averaging- half an 

 inch apart, the for- 

 mer being- slightly 

 closer together. 

 Below this collar 

 the remainder (four 

 inches) of the ver- 

 tical sides of the 

 vase is ornamented 

 with crude herring- 

 bone designs, 

 scratched in the 

 clay with some 

 sharp instrument. 

 These scratches 

 occur alternately at 

 an angle of about 

 45 degrees from the 

 perpendicular. 



As is usual in earthenware vessels of this description, the 

 edge or rim, which is perfect, slopes inwards at an angle of 

 about 45 degrees, and is from half an inch to three-quarters 

 of an inch across. It is ornamented by two vertical rows 

 of thong impressions. The inside of the vase is perfectly 

 plain ; the base is not quite in the centre, and the vessel bears 

 every evidence in its irregularities of its hand-made character. 

 It has been well burnt, though in some parts better than in 

 others. 



Fig. 3. 



1905 June I. 



