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© Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles
Omeka ID 3561
Cova de les Encantades de Martís
Prehistory

"Sassenay" type cinerary urn

MACB 337-118

Object type
cinerary urn
Production date
-1200 / -900
Fabric
Bronze Age handmade pottery
Museum
Museu Arqueològic Comarcal de Banyoles
Culture
Prehistory
Discovery location
Cova de les Encantades de Martís
Materials
pottery
Township
Esponellà
Technique
handmade
Where is it?
-
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.

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