Slagsta rock carving
The rock carving of Slagsta ( Swedish Slagsta hällristning ) near Slagsta in the municipality of Botkyrka , discovered by chance during road construction works in 1971, is the largest Bronze Age rock carving in Stockholm County , Sweden . The total area is 4.8 × 3.3 m.
The carving is dated 1800–500 BC. Dated BC, but was probably designed during the late Bronze Age . It consists of 17 pictures of ships, three animal figures, two or three undefined figures, a human figure, the sole of a foot and around 170 small bowls . The human figure is shown with characteristically shaped, strong calves. Below is a flat, scratched representation of a ship.
The completely overgrown, unknown outcrop was examined by the archaeologist Rudolf Hansson and the road authorities changed the orientation of Botkyrkaleden at the last minute.
photos
- Slagsta
Animal figures
Animal and ship representation
Ship representation and bowl
Human figure
See also
literature
- Åke Hyenstrand: Hällristningen vid Slagsta i Botkyrka. In: Fornvännen. Vol. 67, 1972, ISSN 0015-7813 , pp. 35-44, ( digital version (PDF; 1.85 MB) ).
Web links
- Rock carving by Slagsta - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description (Swedish) and sketch
Coordinates: 59 ° 15 ′ 3.2 ″ N , 17 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E