Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
Object Name | Pictish stone |
cross slab |
531 211 778 |
Object Number | ABDUA:39615 |
Other Number | x |
Other Number Type | old number |
Period | EMED |
Brief Description | Red sandstone slab, (St. Ringan's stone) symbols: cross & boar (hindquarters) on front, trisekele on back. Found with base (which is still in Old Aberdeen outside Geography Department)- Stone and base are currently in Marischal Foyer. |
Materials | stone, sandstone |
Completeness | incomplete |
Technique | carved |
Maker | Pictish |
Object Production Date | 450-1000 |
Place Key | Europe, Scotland, North East Scotland, Cairn o Mount, Kincardineshire, (, St Ringin's stone, ) |
Place Coordinates | NO212328 |
Association Type Place | findspot |
Publication Note | LEMUR Database. Deeside Field 1974; Angus Butterworth, 1967, TRANS OF THE ANC MONS SOC Vol14 p39-56- Anna Ritchie & Cynthia Thickpenny (2021) An Overlooked Gem of Pictish Art: The Cross-Slab Fragment from St Ringan’s Cairn in Aberdeenshire, Medieval Archaeology, 65:2, 269-285, DOI: 10.1080/00766097.2021.1997204 |
Aquisition Source | per Small, Alan |