Leg Piece of Pottery

3D Model

3D model of a leg piece of a pottery vessel. Possibly part of a pot with a handle of which more pieces were found. It was made of red clay sometime around AD 1500. The remaining glaze is barely visible. Physical object held at the National Museum of Iceland nr: 2005-36-0101. Found on 27/6/2005 by MK https://sarpur.is/Adfang.aspx?AdfangID=1422320

Part of the Skriðuklaustur Monastery 1550 reconstruction.

Digitisation by Open Virtual Worlds, a research team within the School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews, in cooperation with the Gunnar Gunnarsson Institute at Skriðuklaustur and the National Museum of Iceland. 3D digitisation was done by Catherine Cassidy and Iain Oliver with archaeological assistance provided by Skúli Gunnarsson.

Funded by the EU Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme 2014-2020 through the “Connected Culture and Natural Heritage in a Northern Environment” (CINE) project.