Jar, flat-rimmed jar, cremation urn

Glass jar used as cremation urn. Colour: natural green. Very good quality glass, with hardly any bubbles or impurities. Unweathered. Parts present: complete (rim, body, base). Isings form 67a. Base badly cracked (large sherd has possibly fallen out and been glued back). Base evenly pushed up into a low dome; scar from a blowing-iron or glass-tipped punty rod over 20 mm across in centre. Flat-topped rim of triple thickness: first turned out; then folded down and under to neck; finally, folded down and out again. Apart from damage to the base, the jar is in perfect condition and of the highest manufacturing quality. Filled approximately 30% full with earth and cremated bone. Part of cremation group (A14398-A14401). See notes on circumstances of excavation in JBAA, Vol. XXX, 1874 (copied into description toggle screen).