Incised slate

Description

Carving of a Viking ship on a slate, from Jarlshof, 800 - 1100 AD

Museum reference

X.HSA 790

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Incised slate

Date

9th - 11th century

Materials

Stone, Slate

Physical description

Stone; drawing of ship, high prow and stern, mast, rigging, broad steering oar; lattice pattern on back

Collection place(s)

Jarlshof, Sumburgh, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• The Viking World - Cultures in Contact (09 Sep 2014 - 04 Jan 2015)
  Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte

• VIKING (21 Jun 2013 - 17 Nov 2013)
  National Museum of Denmark

• Lewis Chessmen: Unmasked (21 May 2010 - 12 Sep 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland
  Aberdeen Art Gallery
  Shetland Museum and Archives
  Museum nan Eilean

• Fonn's Duthchas: Land and Legacy (13 Jan 2007 - 01 Dec 2007)
  Highland Museums, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
  Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery
  National Museums of Scotland
  Museum nan Eilean

• Vikings: Life and Legend (06 Mar 2014 - 22 Jun 2014)
  British Museum

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

On display

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