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Description: | Type, 4a, 6 knobs, not very prominent
"O. 17. STONE BALL, with six plain circular discs."
Author: Michie,Charles Date: 1887 Purpose: Catalogue.of.Antiquities.in.the.Archaeological.Mus
"Carved stone balls date from about 3500 to 1500 BC, the later Neolithic into the Bronze Age. More than 425 are known, almost all from Scotland, particularly from the North East. Most balls are decorated with large or small knobs, most commonly six knobs, although some of the finest have only four. Some knobs and, sometimes, the spaces between them are decorated with an incised pattern and occasionally the whole ball is decorated with a single design. Their purpose is unknown but they may have been prestige objects. This ball is made of grey granite. It has six large knobs, which are not all of the same size, giving the ball an uneven appearance. Each knob has been emphasised by being outlined by a groove. The ball was found at Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire. The assymmetry of this ball demonstrates that not all carved stone balls were perfectly made and that the style of execution varies."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Field collector: Christie, John Rev Prof | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 2900 BC-1800 BC; LNEO EBA | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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