Aberdeen, Park Street, Steatite Cup
Findspot, Cup (Stone)
Site Name Aberdeen, Park Street, Steatite Cup
Classification Findspot, Cup (Stone)
Canmore ID 20181
Site Number NJ90NW 58
NGR NJ 946 067
NGR Description NJ c. 946 067
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20181
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NW 58 c. 946 067.
A stone cup of steatite, 3.7/16" in external diameter across the mouth, 2 7/8" across the base and 2 1/2" high, decorated with a band of incised vertical lines between single marginal lines just under the lip, and with partially perforated handle, was found in a garden in Park Street, Aberdeen in 1880.
Donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1932 by Lady Binning, Tynninghame House, East Lothian.
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1932 (Donations)
The accession number of this stone cup in the Royal Museum of Scotland is NMS: AQ 99.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS) 9 May 1997.