An Anglo-Saxon burnished brown pottery urn, of shouldered form, the upper part with encircling incised lines and a band of punched rosette and scroll motifs -- 7 1/8in. (18cm.) high; another similar, smaller bowl with spherical body, decorated with sets of three vertical lines around neck, an encircling zigzag line below, dividing a dot and scroll motif -- 5in. (12.7cm.) high; and three other undecorated urns -- 8¾in. (22.2cm.) high max., all 5th-6th Century A.D. (5)
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An Anglo-Saxon burnished brown pottery urn, of shouldered form, the upper part with encircling incised lines and a band of punched rosette and scroll motifs -- 7 1/8in. (18cm.) high; another similar, smaller bowl with spherical body, decorated with sets of three vertical lines around neck, an encircling zigzag line below, dividing a dot and scroll motif -- 5in. (12.7cm.) high; and three other undecorated urns -- 8¾in. (22.2cm.) high max., all 5th-6th Century A.D. (5)
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