Description (Labels & Markings)
Label affixed to object reads: 'A 1906.129. Bt. Duff, Edinboro', 1906. Mrs. W.K. Foster, 1906'.
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Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Other)
Original catalogue card says " (Bt. Duff, Edinburgh, 1906)"
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Stone ball with bulb decoration
Event Date 1906
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
A spherical ball of hard stone, decorated with twelve projecting flat discs (Annual Report, p. 8).
Event Date 1906
Author: maa

Context (References)
Tarnai, T. and A. Lengyel. (2014). 'Morphology of Neolithic Carved Stone Balls', in 'Shells, Membranes and Spatial Structures: Footprints', Proceedings of the IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium. M.L.R.F. Brasil and R.M.O. Pauletti (eds.), Figs. 1b & 3k
Event Date 2014
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Amendments / updates)
The Annual Report for 1906 gives the following details about the acquisition of this carved ball: 'Two fine examples of carved stone balls, with raised bosses of distinct patterns, from Aberdeenshire, the first of their kind acquired by the Museum... have been purchased with Mrs Walter Foster's subscription' (p. 4). Aberdeenshire has therefore been added to the Place field.
Event Date 25/2/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Analysis)
Chris Stewart-Moffitt, Bute Archaeology, examined all of MAA's carved stone balls in 2014 for his BA at Leicester University, for which he is compiling a database of all known such balls. He identified this ball as Marshall Type 7, and assigned it number CSB 198 for his digital database.
Event Date 24/2/2015
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Stewart-Moffitt, Chris L. (2016). Revised Typographical Classification for Carved Stone Balls. Unpublished manuscript.
(Three accompanying DVDs)
Event Date 2016
Author: Annie McKay

Context (Related Documents)
See Doc.424 for Chris Stewart-Moffitt revised typology of carved stone balls.
Event Date 28/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay

Context (References)
Stewart-Moffitt, Chris. (2022). The Circular Archetype in Microcosm: The Carved Stone Balls of Late Neolithic Scotland. Oxford: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd.
Event Date 2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)