The Bullion Stone is a late carved Pictish stone, which is unusual in containing a figure; it dates to c. 900–950.[1] It was discovered in 1933 at Bullion field, Invergowrie, during the construction of a road and is now located in the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The image on the stone is unique amongst Pictish stones discovered thus far. It depicts a bald, bearded man on a weary horse, carrying a shield and drinking from a very large drinking horn with a bird's head terminal,[2][3] a parallel that has been noted to the Torrs Horns, also in the museum, of nearly 1,000 years earlier.[4]
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References
- ^ "Museum of Scotland".
- ^ Hislop, Ian. "the Drunk and the Bullion Stone". Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes. BBC Sounds.
- ^ "Bullion Pictish Stone". Ancient Scotland. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
- ^ Laing, Lloyd; Laing, Jennifer (1992). Art of the Celts: From 700 BC to the Celtic Revival. Thames & Hudson World of Art. p. 71. ISBN 0-500-20256-7.
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