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Bullion Stone

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840: 780: 774: 22: 48:. 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 201: 933: 90: 824: 877: 208: 958: 652: 889: 943: 174: 938: 817: 310: 953: 870: 690: 320: 36:, which is unusual in containing a figure; it dates to c. 900–950. It was discovered in 1933 at Bullion field, 637: 810: 642: 597: 155: 863: 657: 519: 948: 928: 839: 509: 345: 295: 194: 632: 410: 325: 647: 330: 8: 790: 392: 280: 851: 798: 627: 431: 163: 70: 41: 672: 426: 335: 170: 602: 514: 437: 405: 315: 130: 617: 589: 447: 270: 847: 794: 662: 524: 470: 397: 290: 275: 262: 217: 65: 922: 904: 891: 685: 612: 539: 504: 496: 305: 285: 108: 49: 33: 186: 622: 555: 418: 166: 708: 607: 534: 53: 37: 300: 116: 104: 529: 362: 225: 45: 779: 773: 743: 492: 52:
with a bird's head terminal, a parallel that has been noted to the
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This article about a sculpture in the United Kingdom is a
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Art of the Celts: From 700 BC to the Celtic Revival
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Pictish stone
Invergowrie
Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh
drinking horn
Torrs Horns
Pictish stones
Stones of Scotland
"Museum of Scotland"
Hislop, Ian
"the Drunk and the Bullion Stone"
BBC Sounds
"Bullion Pictish Stone"
Laing, Lloyd
Thames & Hudson
World of Art
ISBN
0-500-20256-7
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Pictish sculptured stones
Caithness
Ross
Ardjachie Stone
Dingwall Stone
Edderton Cross Slab
Clach Chairidh
Gairloch Stone

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