Apostles' Stone
The Apostles' Stone (also called "Dunkeld Cathedral Sculptured Stone") is an early Christian sculpture stone in the ruins of Dunkeld Cathedral in Perth and Kinross , Scotland . It is intricately carved on all four sides, but heavily weathered because it was used as a goal post. There are figures and depictions of animals on the stone. As with most of these stones, it is not known what is depicted.
Side A appears to have carried a cross in relief , which probably took up the length and width of the plate. The cross and background were decorated with figurative themes. Two riders appear to be riding towards the center. Four fields occupy the lower part and the shaft shows traces of five fields with human figures and animals. Side B has four fields with decorations. As far as recognizable, they show a rider with a hood, human figures next to a post or staff and three frontal figures with a hood. Side C has four fields with decorations. The upper one shows at least 22 severed heads arranged in rows, with a large round object and a large figure on the left. In the following the twelve apostles are shown frontally and arranged in two rows. The lower field is very worn and perhaps shows traces of five figures. Side D is unrecognizable, but a spiral and traces of other ornaments survived.
Side c
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