Fig. 72.—Broad Down.
Fig. [53] has the pattern rudely indented over its whole surface. Fig. [51] is coarse and rude, and the pattern very simple. Figs. [54], [55], and [57] are of different character, and have a kind of handle or projecting stud on four sides. They are among the most elaborate, in point of ornamentation, of any of these interesting vessels, of which other forms besides those engraved have occasionally been found. On Wykeham Moor, in Yorkshire the Rev. Canon Greenwell has brought to light some urns of a different character, and of greater width at the mouth.
Fig. 73.—Broad Down.
The diminutive vessels, usually called (though, as I have said, erroneously) “Incense Cups,” but which I propose to call “Immolation Urns,” are ornamented in the same manner as the other pottery. The form, as will be seen from Figs. [58 to 75], varies much, from a plain salt-cellar like cup to the more elaborately rimmed vase. Three examples (Figs. [68], [70], and [75]) have the very unusual appendage of a handle at one side; others have holes in their sides, as if for suspension, and I suspect this has been the case in the urn containing the ashes of the mother. Fig. [67] has four handles.
Holes for, as supposed, suspension, are shown in Figs. [58], [72], and [74]; these have each two of these small perforations in the side. Others, as in Figs. [64] and [67], have perforated loops at their sides. Fig. [65] is of unusual form, having a broad rim round its mouth; it is elaborately ornamented. Figs. [5], [18] and [20] are shown with the urns with which they were found.
Fig. 74.—Broad Down.
Other forms of these interesting little vessels, which generally range from an inch and a half to three inches in height, occur. They will be best understood from the engravings. One of these (Fig. [72]), for the purpose of showing its pattern more carefully, is engraved of its FULL SIZE. It is a remarkable example, and has its bottom ornamented as well as its sides and rim, which are shown on Figs. [73] and [74]. When found it was filled with burnt bones, probably of an infant. On one side were two perforations.