Incised-groove Vase Food Vessel

Culture: [Bronze Age](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0ff3dtkhrj) Material: clay Diam: 14.5cm H 12.5cm Accession No: HCA 609 Current Location: [The Hunt Museum](https://www.huntmuseum.com/), [Limerick](https://www.geonames.org/7778675/limerick-city.html). An [Early Bronze Age](http://n2t.net/ark:/99152/p0kh9dshs59) ‘Food Vessel’ with an angular profile, with zoned incised decoration on the internal rim and body There is a vertical ladder pattern on the rim/neck; a band of alternate vertical and horizontal panels on the shoulder with a herringbone design beneath. The lower body has infilled chevron patterning and a herringbone motif. The vase is an insular Irish tradition often found in [cist graves](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300005941). This vase comes from Mitchelstown, [Co. Cork](https://www.geonames.org/2965139/county-cork.html). [More](https://www.huntmuseum.com/explore/item/7268c6db-8b4b-3b88-afca-9f5937d02a9f/?s%3Dinkwell&pos=3).