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Description: | Type: 2a, four large knobs with four small knobs in each of the spaces between the large ones. The surface of the knobs is plain and smoothed
"found in Aberdeenshire."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"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 example has four large knobs with four small knobs in each of the spaces between the large ones. The surface of the knobs is plain and smoothed. The ball was found in Scotland but has no further provenance. It is unusual to find carved stone balls with this number and arrangement of large and small knobs. Nearly all other balls with many knobs come from Aberdeenshire."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN | 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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