The Viking Age (Vol. 1&2). Paul B. Du Chaillu
Norway.
Fig. 230.—Clay urn in a stone cist containing the remains of a skeleton, &c. ¼ real size.—Sojvide, Gotland.
In Gotland, the graves are made of lime slabs. Some of these stone cists are not deep under the ground, and without apparently any mound.
Fig. 231.—Clay urn, ⅓ real size, found in a round mound, inside a sepulchral chamber of the length of 6 feet, width 2 feet, height 1 foot 8 inches.—Norway.
Fig. 232.—Clay urn,½ real size, found in a mound containing a large stone cist, with fragments of iron objects and another clay urn.—Norway.
Fig. 233.—Clay urn, in a mound. Bohuslan.
Fig. 234.—Clay urn in a stone cist.—Gotland.
Fig. 235.—Clay urn, covering one filled with burnt bones. ¼ real size.—Nafverstad, Bohuslån.
Fig. 236.—Clay urn, with three partitions (on the outside are ten knobs), found, with fragments of a belt hook, under a stone slab. ⅔ real size.—Himmelshöi, Bornholm.
Fig. 237.—Clay urn, ⅓ real size, found in a round mound, inside a sepulchral chamber.—Stavanger, Norway.
Fig. 238.—Clay urn,¼ real size, found in a mound.—Norway.
Fig. 239.—Clay urn,¼ real size, containing burnt bones.—Norway. Earlier iron age.
Fig. 240.—Clay urn, ⅓ real size, found in a mound placed over burnt bones contained in a clay urn.—Norway. Earlier iron age.
Fig. 241.—Clay urn.—Norway. ½ real size. Skeleton grave, found with five other clay urns, a silver fibula, &c.
Fig. 242.—Clay urn filled with burnt bones and covered with another vase. ¼ real size. Found in a large round tumulus—Bohuslån.
Fig. 243.—Clay urn, containing burnt bones and fragments of a bone comb, glass beads, lever balance of spindle, &c., found, covered with a slab, in an oblong mound. ⅓ real size. Earlier iron age.
Fig. 244.—Iron urn or kettle, 10 inches high, 12¾ inches in diameter, and 6 inches deep.—Norway. Three other kettles of same shape and workmanship have been found: one in a grave-mound.
Fig. 245.—Bronze cinerary urn; ⅕ real size.—Norway.
Fig. 246.—Bronze kettle,⅕ real size.—Norway. Found under a slab in the border of a round mound. It contained burnt bones, among which was a gold bracelet, and other objects.
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Fig. 248.
Small clay vessels found in an oblong mound at Greby, Bohuslån, found with a clay urn filled with burnt bones, on which were fragments of a bone comb, glass beads, &c. ½ real size. Earlier iron age.
Fig. 249.—Round clay urn, found in a mound, Greby, Bohuslån, containing burnt bones and two melted glass beads, &c. ¼ real size. Earlier iron age.
Fig. 250.—Clay urn,¼ real size, containing burnt bones, found inside a sepulchral chamber of stone, 6 feet long, nearly 4 feet wide, and 3 feet high, in a round tumulus.—Norway.
Fig. 251.—Cinerary vase of clay,⅕ real size, found surrounded by burnt bones in a mound at Björkö. Later iron age.
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Fig. 255.
Four of seven mosaic glass beads, real size.—Broholm grave.
Of variegated colours, yellow, white, black, blue, and red, and of different designs. Besides those represented were 26 blue glass beads, one of which had red stripes, one red, another lilac; there were also eight amber beads, different shapes, and a fibula of bronze, to which was attached a coarse woven cloth, &c.
Fig. 256.
Fig. 257.
Iron knives,½ real size, in an urn on the top of burnt bones without coal and ashes.—Möllegaard, Broholm.
Fig. 258.
Fig. 259.—Porcelain beads, and beads of gold and silver mixed. Real size.—Bornholm. Earlier iron age.
Fig. 260.—Curved iron knife,½ real size, and with the remains of a large urn containing burnt bones.
Fig. 261.—Iron knife, ⅓ real size;