The Scar Dragon Plaque in The Orkney Museum
Title
The Scar Dragon Plaque in The Orkney Museum
Subject
Artefact
Description
The Scar Dragon Plaque is one of the most impressive of the finds from the Norse Scar Boat Burial, excavated in 1991. The grave contained the remains of an adult man, an elderly woman, and a child along with grave goods. The artefacts date to c. 875 AD to 950 AD. Plaques such as this may have been used as smoothing boards.
Creator
The Orkney Museum, Orkney Islands Council
Source
Publisher
The Orkney Project
Date
2013
Contributor
The Orkney Museum
Rights
Photo (c) The Orkney Museum, Orkney Islands Council
CC BY NC
CC BY NC
Format
jpg
Language
No linguistic content
Type
Still Image
Identifier
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/items/show/198
Coverage
Orkney
Viking Age
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Item Relations
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Whalebone plaque on display in the National Museum of Ireland |
| Item: Whalebone plaque on display in the National Museum of Ireland | dcterms:relation | This Item |
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