NMS Archaeology Object 384454: X.1997.289 - Piece / orpiment
Description
Summary
Piece of orpiment, perhaps used for illuminated manuscripts, from Dunadd, Argyll, 600 - 700 AD
Accession Number
X.1997.289
Other references
None
Original description
ARSENIC HAZARD. [MOS List, Literacy, II.4.3, October 1997]. Orpiment, perhaps for illuminated manuscripts, Dunadd. PK note: Provisional 1997 register number allocated to MOS object. SD note, July 1999: Edited from SCRAN full data set. [MoS description] Letters of authority. Literacy as power – three alphabets. Latin. (2) Orpiment, Dunadd. 600 – 700 AD. ARSENIC HAZARD.
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)
Dunadd, Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland, Northern Europe
Acquisition
Acquisition date
1997
Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)
Not recorded
Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)
Not recorded
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| Identifier / External Link | Linked Record | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canmore Site Id: 39564 | DUNADD - KILMICHAEL GLASSARY - CUP MARKED ROCK (PREHISTORIC), FORT (EARLY MEDIEVAL), OGHAM INSCRIBED ROCK (EARLY MEDIEVAL), WELL (PERIOD UNKNOWN), CARVED STONE BALL (NEOLITHIC) | Definite | |
| NMS Accession Number: X.1997.289 | No linked record | Identifier supplied by NMS |
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