Carved stone ball. Roughly the size of a tennis ball. Black, polished stone ball with four large flat circular knobs arranged equidistant from each other. The knobs have a finely cut grid pattern and each square is rounded to produce tiny squarish knobs. The spaces between the large knobs are cut with lines that flow around the knobs.

Title

Carved stone ball. Roughly the size of a tennis ball. Black, polished stone ball with four large flat circular knobs arranged equidistant from each other. The knobs have a finely cut grid pattern and each square is rounded to produce tiny squarish knobs. The spaces between the large knobs are cut with lines that flow around the knobs.

Identifier

ABDUA:16250

Description

Type: 9c, 4 knobs, made of serpentine. Four large, dome-shaped knobs and is finely decorated all over. Each knob is cross-hatched, carefully incised to make tiny cubes between the incised lines. The spaces between the knobs are decorated with fine grooves. Although there is no record of a provenance of this ball in the museum's slip catalogue, it is thought to come from Towie, Aberdeenshire (Jim Inglis).

Date

Early: -2900 Late: -1800 Period: LNEO EBA

Format

stone serpentine, carved polished, Dia: 63 mm

Coverage

Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Towie ? Aberdeenshire ?

Type

Physical Object

Provenance

Acquisition Source: Callander, J.Graham Dr

UUID

8d06fd56-5d5e-4da8-b856-3be587de22cd