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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
The locality of Lövåsen-Kyrkoryk consists of a number of panels along a steep hillside. There are 19 ship figures, 10-98 cm long. 9 are single-lined of which six with crew-strokes and 6 completely carved out of which two with human-like crew-strokes in the shape of so called "head-nobs".
There are 7 human figures, 20-87 cm long, 2 pair of legs , one in adoration position and 2 phallic with horns of which one with head as a bird-beak, sword and axe and one with a sword.
There are 6 animal figures 10-22 cm long, 4 birds and 1 with two legs and 1 with four legs. There are 4 obscure figures 10-30 cm long, and 4 strokes 10-26 cm long. Finally there are 16 cup marks, 2-5 cm ø, one in a ship.
Scenes on the carving: One pair of legs is attached to an underneath a ship where the four birds are. One of the birds is attached at the end of the prow in one of the ship figures, one is possibly standing on a rack and one is attached to a pair of legs. One human figure is in a adoration position and has a rectangular body and is standing in a ship.
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Figures: |
total number 56
19 ship figures
7 human figures
6 animals
4 obscure figures
4 strokes
16 cup marks
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
The rock carvings of Southern Scandinavia are generally dated to the middle and later part of the Bronze Age, c. 1500-500 BC. Occasionally, more absolute dating of single panels or figures can be made, based on typological or stylistic features of the image, and by comparisons with identifiable objects. The horned human figures can be compared to finds of helmets of Hallstatt-type, dated to the Late Bronze Age .
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Notes: |
The locality of Lövåsen-Kyrkoryk, Tanum no. 321 consists of a number of panels. This one is the most famous one, because of the unusual human figure, the "Wizard of Lövåsen", with the horned helmet and strange bird-beak mask. The image has usually been interpreted as showing cultic rites. |
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