Pictish sculpture, Perth Museum, Perth, Scotland
Pittensorn sculpture, fragment of a Pictish sandstone slab, possibly an architectural element, carved on one side only with 2 figures fighting over a book-like object, and interlaced snakes biting their genitalia, possibly a warning against sin, found in 1994 at Pittensorn Farm, in Perth Museum, opened March 2024 in the City Hall, in Perth, Scotland. On the right are the tails of 2 animals. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14079444
Media ID
45885545
Size
8268px x 5821px
(11.5MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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