- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Rectangular amulet, carved from ?soapstone, and incised with a design consisting of a circle with eight dots in it and lines across each corner. [RB 12/06/2012]
- Long description
- Rectangular amulet, carved from ?soapstone, and incised with a design consisting of a circle with eight dots in it and lines across each corner. There are traces of ?pigment in the incisions, which darken the incised design and make it stand out against the pale coloured stone. [RB 12/06/2012]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Adrien de Mortillet
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1903
- Date collected
- 1903
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Stone, Material Steatite Stone, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length x Width: max 26 x 22 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.52.1793 Other numbers: 3742 300603
1985.52.1793
Rectangular amulet, carved from ?soapstone, and incised with a design consisting of a circle with eight dots in it and lines across each corner. [RB 12/06/2012]
1985.52.1793
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