Stone bowl from Ørslev

The stone bowl from Ørslev is an older bowl used as a baptismal font ( Danish: Døbefonten ), which is in the church of Ørslev near Ejby on the Danish island of Fyn .

In the Viking Age it served as a large kettle for food preparation. Bowls or kettles of this size were precious and popular with the Vikings. It is a specimen made of soapstone from Norway .

literature

• Ingrid Falktoft Anderson: Vejviser til Danmarks oldtid . 1994, ISBN 87-89531-10-8 , p. 215
• Wolfram zu Mondfeld: Viking trip . Herford 1985, ISBN 3-7822-0360-7 , pp. 136 .

Web links

• Image of the shell

Coordinates: 55 ° 24 ′ 18.9 ″  N , 9 ° 54 ′ 49.4 ″  E