Vessel stone / cooking bowl

Description

Handled cooking bowl of steatite from Houlland, Unst, Shetland, 800 - 1100 AD

Museum reference

X.AQ 4

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Vessel stone / cooking bowl

Date

9th - 11th century

Materials

Steatite

Physical description

Steatite; ladle-like; with straight handle

Collection place(s)

Loch of Cliff, Houlland, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

PSAS IX, 1870-72, p. 286

Greig, Sigurd, Viking antiquities, p. 181-82

Maldonado, A. 2021. Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland.

On display

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