NMS Archaeology Object 384074: X.IL 767 - Knife blade
Description
Summary
Knife blade of iron, long, from a Viking boat burial at Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Argyll, 875 - 925 AD
Accession Number
X.IL 767
Other references
Queen Street Loan Number | Q.L.1924.8 |
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Original description
[MOS List, Movement, II.3.2, September 1997]. [One of] Scales and weights (with rest of grave assemblage), Kiloran Bay (scales = IL 774/1, 775/1, 776; weights = IL 777-83). [MOS List, Death, II.5.1, 31.1.98.]. [One of] Iron knife blades. [Loan number - Q.L.1924.8] [One of] Objects included in Collection from Viking Grave, Colonsay:- Iron Rivets or Clinker Nails and other miscellaneous iron objects, including two small knives, rusted together.
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)
Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe
Acquisition
Acquisition date
1898
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Lord Strathcona
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Vendor
Image
Identifiers and Links to Other Records
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Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
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Canmore Site Id: 38173 | COLONSAY, KILORAN BAY - COLONSAY AND ORONSAY - INHUMATION (PERIOD UNASSIGNED), SHIP BURIAL (VIKING) | Definite | |
NMS Accession Number: X.IL 767 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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