Dublin Core
Title
A Viking Drinking Cup
Subject
burial, rites, rite, Clarence and Richmond Examiner, cup, Grafton, Harald Fairhair, New South Wales, Norway, NSW, Shetland Islands, Scotland, Unst, Viking, whale, whales, vikings
Description
An article on page 7 of the Grafton, New South Wales newspaper, The Clarence and Richmond Examiner on December 19, 1903. The article reports the discovery of a Viking burial on the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Along with human, dog, and bones was found a whale vertebra which had been turned into a cup. A drawing of the cup is included. The article confidently dates the burial to the ninth century and the time of the Norwegian king Harald Finehair. As this burial is not included in the most recent catalogue of Viking burials in Scotland (James Graham-Campbell & Colleen Batey, Vikings in Scotland: An Archaeological Survey, Edinburgh University Press 1998), the reported details were probably incorrect.
Creator
Anon.
Source
National Library of Australia
Publisher
The Clarence and Richmond Examiner
Date
4 October 1951
Rights
National Library of Australia
Format
Newspaper Article; PDF
Language
English
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
PDF; Newspaper Article