| Title: |
Four decorated antler mounts and a stone 'egg' amulet from Bu Sands, Burray, Orkney
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 123 |
| Series: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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| Volume: |
123
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| Page Start/End: |
319 - 336 |
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| Licence Type: |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
Four decorated antler mounts found at Bu Sands in 1990 are described. Relevant parallels are studied, from which a Roman or early Anglo--Saxon date is proposed, with manufacture in southern Britain. Consideration of the evidence for Orcadian contacts at this time suggests a late Roman date is most likely and that the mounts ornamented a box which arrived in Orkney as a prestige gift in the third or fourth century AD. An Appendix (331--3) describes a find of a stone `egg' amulet of the first few centuries AD from the same site and discusses similar amulets. |
| Year of Publication: |
1993
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| Subjects / Periods: |
| Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Stone Egg Amulet (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Late Roman (Auto Detected Temporal) |
| Fourth Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Source: |
ADS Archive
(ADS Archive)
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| Created Date: |
20 Jan 2002 |
