NMS Archaeology Object 384086: X.IL 779 - Weight, balance
Description
Summary
Lead weight for a set of scales, curved shape set with a zoomorphic ornamented Celtic-style plate on upper surface, from a Viking boat burial at Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, Argyll, 875 - 925 AD
Accession Number
X.IL 779
Other references
Queen Street Loan Number | Q.L.1924.14 |
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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). Updated from SCRAN full data set, December 1998. SD note, July 1999: Edited from SCRAN full data set. [Loan description - Q.L.1924.14] [One of] Objects included in Collection from Viking Grave, Colonsay:- [One of] 7 Weights, or other objects.
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
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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 779 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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