| Title: |
Note on a Balance and Weights of the Viking Period, found in the Island of Gigha.
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 47 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
47
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| Number of Pages: |
506 |
| Page Start/End: |
436 - 443 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
The circumstances of discovery of the objects is unknown. They are rare in Scotland and only two other examples are known from a Viking burial mound in the island of Colonsay and one which formed part of a hoard ploughed up at Croy, Inverness-shire. The group consists of a portion of the beam, the indicator, and the pans of a balance, two suspension pieces in the shape of birds, three weights, and a leaden whorl. In construction the balance exactly resembles balances of the Viking period in Norway and Sweden. Metallurgical analysis indicates that the material is bronze coated with tin. |
| Year of Publication: |
1912
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Burial Mound (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Beam (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Tin (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Leaden Whorl (Auto Detected Subject) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
05 Nov 2013 |
