Loch Kinord 9th Century Cross Slab

Canmore ID 33981 NO 4400 9978 Loch Kinord, Dinnet, Deeside, Scotland. Class III Pictish Stone. In the mid nineteenth century this pink granite stone, H 1.91m, W 0.94m, D 0.31m, stood 'on an eminence' on the north bank of Loch Kinord, but later that century it was taken to the grounds of Aboyne Castle and set up in a 'small oak plantation' (NO 5250 9898). In 1959 it was returned to approximately its original site beside Loch Kinord. Roughly kite-shaped, this eigth or ninth century slab is carved in relief on one broad face with an elaborate ringed cross, which occupies most of the available space. The cross is outlined by a roll moulding, which extends into a spiral at each corner of the arm terminals and into a semi-spiral at the base of the shaft. The circular arm-pits are closed by arcs of a ring. The entire cross is filled with continuous interlace, which in the side arms conveys an impression of triquetra knots and in the upper arm forms four ring knots. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / SketchfabCanmore编号33981，坐标NO 4400 9978，位于苏格兰迪赛德迪内特的洛金诺德湖（Loch Kinord），为第三类皮克特石刻（Pictish Stone）。 19世纪中期，这块高1.91米、宽0.94米、厚0.31米的粉红色花岗岩原石，曾矗立在洛金诺德湖北岸的一处高地之上；19世纪后期，该石刻被移至阿伯丁城堡（Aboyne Castle）园区，安置于一处小型橡树林中（坐标NO 5250 9898）。1959年，它被移回洛金诺德湖旁的近似原址处。 这件大致呈风筝形的石板年代约为8至9世纪，其中一侧宽面上以浅浮雕技法雕刻有占据绝大多数板面的精致环形十字（ringed cross）。十字以卷状饰边勾勒轮廓，臂端四角延伸出螺旋纹饰，立柱底部则带有半螺旋装饰。圆形臂孔以环形弧段封闭。整个十字图案布满连续交织纹，侧臂处的纹饰呈现出三曲结（triquetra knots）的视觉效果，上臂处则形成了四个环结（ring knots）。 数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab