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LOT 1610
Bronze Age Ritual Limestone Slab with 'Astrological?' Drillings
CIRCA 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
25 3/4 in. (65.7 kg, 65.5 cm).
Rectangular worked stone block with one irregular edge; the thicker, dressed edge with a group of five drilled holes, possibly cup-marks, in a V-shaped formation. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
See Ebbesen, K., Danmarks megalitgrave. Vol. 1. København, 2011; Glob, P. V., Helleristninger i Danmark Vol. VII, Jysk Arkæologisk Selskabs Skrifter, Odense,1969; Milstreu, G.& Dodd, J., The cup-mark: the smallest, most frequent, cosmopolitan and most complicated symbol in Adoranten, 2018.
FootnotesCup-marks, with or without surrounding rings, are among the most enigmatic signs which can be found widely across ancient European landscapes, most often in association with running water. Circular arrangements are one notable and recurrent feature, while straight lines and parallel rows are less frequently represented. The present stone most closely resembles the kind of feature found at e.g. Østergård, Risehøj, Østermarie on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea (Milstreu & Dodd, 2018, fig.15).
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LOT 1610
Bronze Age Ritual Limestone Slab with 'Astrological?' Drillings
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Bronze Age Ritual Limestone Slab with 'Astrological?' Drillings
Circa 2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Rectangular worked stone block with one irregular edge; the thicker, dressed edge with a group of five drilled holes, possibly cup-marks, in a V-shaped formation. 65.7 kg, 65.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Cup-marks, with or without surrounding rings, are among the most enigmatic signs which can be found widely across ancient European landscapes, most often in association with running water. Circular arrangements are one notable and recurrent feature, while straight lines and parallel rows are less frequently represented. The present stone most closely resembles the kind of feature found at e.g. Østergård, Risehøj, Østermarie on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea (Milstreu & Dodd, 2018, fig.15). -
Heavy Bronze Age Ribbed Bracelet
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With round-section ribbed body and hooked terminals. 162 grams, 88 mm
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Bronze Age Socketted Spearhead
11th-10th century B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
With flared socket developing to a midrib with median gusset, leaf-shaped blade; casting seam to socket and opposed lateral holes to accept attachment pegs. 120 grams, 16.2 cm
Acquired in Germany in 2000. Acquired by the present owner from the above.
