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Silver bowl

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found on St Ninian's Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland

Silver bowl
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This Pictish silver bowl is part of a hoard found on St Ninian's Isle at Dunrossness in Shetland in 1958. The hoard was buried for safe keeping on the site of an early Christian church sometime between 750 and 825. This picture shows the base.

The bowl has a design of five intersecting circles which form an equal arm cross. The marks of the compass used to make the circles are clearly visible. Apart from one large dent, the bowl is in good condition.

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