Potter's field

A potter's field is a place for the burial of unknown or indigent people.
==Origin==
The term comes from Matthew 27:7 in the New Testament of the Bible, in which priests take 30 pieces of silver returned by a repentant Judas and "used the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for foreigners." It was not called "the potter's field" because a potter owned it, but rather because the land was not good for growing crops, and therefore could only be used by potters to dig clay.
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The original Potters Field is thought to have been located in [Hinnom valley] in Jerusalem. The burial ground was also called the "Field of Blood" or [Aceldama] in the Aramaic language. 
Usually with etymology questions, we find a number of likely explanations (along with some not-so-likely ones), but in the case of "Potters Field," there seems to be a general [consensus] that the term comes from the [Bible], and we uncovered no other popular explanations.
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