found on St Ninian's Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland
 000-190-001-153-C © National Museums Scotland |
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Silver bowl
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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000-190-001-153-C |
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National Museums Scotland |
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0098: National Museums Scotland
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National Museums Scotland X.FC 268 |
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8th century Buried between 750 and 825
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Silver; hemispherical; decorated by chased lines outlined with dots; five intersecting circles forming an equal arm cross on the base; a line along the upper edge of the design forming pendant circles inside each of the four circles round the sides
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Dimensions: |
5.90" D x 2.25" deep
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Bowl
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Scotland, Shetland, St Ninian's Isle
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Description: |
Hemispherical bowl of silver, decorated with chased lines outlined with dots, from St Ninian's Isle, Pictish, 8th century
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- Small, A., Thomas, C., & Wilson, D. M. St. Ninian's Isle and its Treasure. London: Oxford University Press,1973
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