Incised slate

Description

Piece of slate with graffiti, with sketches of a man's head and a hen? on one side, and sketches of an old man's head and a seal on the other, found at Jarlshof, Shetland, 800 - 1100 AD

Museum reference

X.HSA 793

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Incised slate

Date

9th - 11th century

Materials

Slate

Physical description

Slate; drawing on one side, profile portrait of man (schematised curls, moustache, beard), three fowls beside man; drawing on other side, part of portrait of old man (moustache, beard), outline of seal or shark

Collection place(s)

Jarlshof, Sumburgh, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Links to other web pages

Canmore Site Record

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