Sigtuna rib
Sigtuna rib (U NOR1998;25) | |
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Material | Bone |
Writing | Younger Futhark |
Created | 1100 |
Discovered | 1998 Sigtuna, kv. Professorn 4 |
Present location | 59.6158, 17.7213 |
Culture | Norse |
Rundata ID | U NOR1998;25 |
Text – Native | |
Old Norse: See article. | |
Translation | |
See article. |
The Sigtuna rib (signum U NOR1998;25) is a 12th-century runic amulet found in the 1990s in Sigtuna, Uppland, Sweden[1]
Description
The amulet is a rib bone with writing on both sides of it. The inscription appears to be a spell against disease. [2]
Inscription
The first line is a Transliteration. The second is an Old West Norse normalization, and the third Old East Norse normalization.
§A
Jórill's woundcauser / Jórill's abnormal stomach-ache disappear from Krókr! He bound the fever, he fought(?)[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Startar..." app.raa.se. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ "Runinskrifter.net – U NOR1998;25". www.runinskrifter.net. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ a b "Runic inscription U NOR1998;25". Scandinavian Runic-text Database (2020 ed.). Uppsala University: Department of Scandinavian Languages. Retrieved Feb 25, 2024.
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