Vessel stone / cooking pot

Description

Steatite cooking pot from a female inhumation [36], Westness, Orkney

Museum reference

X.1997.112

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Vessel stone / cooking pot

Materials

Steatite

Physical description

Steatite

Collection place(s)

Westness, Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Maldonado, A. 2021. Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland.

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

national museum of scotland »
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