Inscribed disc

Description

Whalebone disc, with pseudo-ogham, and two perforations, from Foshigarry, North Uist, 400 - 800 AD

Museum reference

X.GNA 11

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Inscribed disc

Date

5th - 8th century

Materials

Cetacean bone

Physical description

Bone, cetacean; large central perforation and one smaller off-centre one; ogham-like decoration

Collection place(s)

Foshigarry, North Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Associations

Beveridge Collection

References

Maldonado, A. 2021. Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom. Edinburgh: National Museums Scotland.

Links to other web pages

Canmore

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