Carved stone ball

Details

• Title

  Carved stone ball

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › Scotland › Aberdeen City (near) (find spot)

• Date

  Neolithic - Early Bronze Age (Britain) (c. 4000 - c. 1400 cal. BC)
  Late Neolithic Period (Britain) (c. 3000 - 2500 cal.BC)
  

• Material and technique

  sandstone

• Material index

  inorganic › stone › sandstone

• Object type

  artefact › ball

• Dimensions

  7.1 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, from the collection of Sir John Evans, 1927.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 6 | Reading and Writing

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1927.2730

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