Summary

Small hemispherical bronze box, probably for containing balance scales and/or weights, from a grave on Unst, Shetland

Accession Number

X.IL 314

Other references

Original description

VIKING PERIOD. Hemispherical box of bronze, probably for holding weights, found in grave Unst, Shetland.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Unst, Shetland, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1893

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

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