Cord urn

The Kordonurne ( Engl. Cordoned urn ) is a phenomenon of the middle Bronze Age and the Iron Age , mainly in the northern parts of the British Isles and in Ireland occurs.

It is usually slender and tall, with a flat bottom and a simple rim. The urns are characterized by one or more horizontal undecorated cords that surround the container and divide it into sections (zones). The rest of the decoration usually consists of string impressions or incised decoration in the upper area.

The urn is primarily represented in the east of Ireland , mainly in Ulster , but also in the Ballintubbrid urn cemetery in County Wexford . Most of the urns were found in pits, only five in Irish stone boxes . They show a preference for shallow grave cemeteries. The origin of the urns, which dates back to the 2nd millennium BC. Appear, lies in the collar urn. Sometimes the edge of the pit was covered with a plate; in two cases the stone slab directly covered the urn.

literature

• Laurence Flanagan : Ancient Ireland: Life Before the Celts. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1998.

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