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More model informationThis unusual square bone artefact was found on the Neolithic settlement at Skara Brae, Orkney, Scotland. It has been cut and polished to shape and shallow hollows have been drilled in one side. This have been interpreted as a die or gaming piece or unfinished bead.
Accession No: NMS X.HA 573
Dimensions: 18mm x 16mm x 16mm
Materials: bone
Date: Late Neolithic (c.3200-2400 BC)
This model was produced by Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark for a Leverhulme Trust funded project ‘Working stone, making communities: technology and identity on prehistoric Orkney’ Directed by Prof Mark Edmonds, University of York.
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