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carved stone ball

petrosphere dating from the late Neolithic to the Iron Age, mainly found in and around Scotland
Class type of: ceremonial object Q1046113

Facts

4 properties

Identity

Instance of
Petrosphere

Location

Country
United Kingdom[2]
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Subclass of
ceremonial object[3]
Time period
Iron Age[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en ball en carved stone ball en stone ball ar كرات حجرية منحوتة es Bola de piedra tallada fr Boules en pierre gravées nl Carved Stone Balls ru Резные каменные шары tr Oyma taş toplar uk Різьблені кам'яні кулі zh 石雕球
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Room 51, British MuseumDSCF6620.jpg ↗
FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus ID
100138
Freebase ID
/m/02r4xjw
Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID
BALL+(RITUAL)

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Country 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
Petrosphere
Time period 1
Iron Age
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Summary

carved stone ball is a Petrosphere[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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