The 8cm iron knife, which will be displayed at Museum Odense from next month.Photograph: Rogvi N Johansen/Museum Odense
Posted on 01/25/2024 10:27:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv
An engraving on an almost 2,000-year-old knife believed to be the oldest runes ever found in Denmark has been discovered by archaeologists.
The runic inscription – the alphabet of Denmark's earliest written language – was etched into an 8cm iron knife found in a grave below an urn near the city of Odense on the island of Funen. The five characters, each about 0.5cm tall, followed by three grooves, spell out hirila, which means "little sword" in Old Norse.
Along with an inscribed bone comb found nearby in 1865, they are the oldest runes ever found in Denmark. Jakob Bonde, the city's museum curator and archeologist who made the discovery, said he at first thought it was an ordinary knife, as the runes were not visible, but after it was cleaned by conservators it became clear that it contained a word...
Bonde said such people were highly influenced by Romans...
It is believed to be 800 years older than the Jelling stones in Jutland, which include one erected by King Harald Bluetooth in about 965 in memory of his parents. The stone's inscription, often referred to as "Denmark's birth certificate", describes Harald's achievements and contains Scandinavia's oldest image of Christ.
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The 8cm iron knife, which will be displayed at Museum Odense from next month.Photograph: Rogvi N Johansen/Museum Odense
So where is this ‘oldest image of Christ’?
Ithink this article contains that ‘oldest depiction of Christ’. Appears to have a halo and arms outstretched as if crucified.
https://skjalden.com/the-jelling-stones/
Now your knife? They just will not quit.
I’m sorry. But a 3” knife with ‘Little Sword’ engraved on it?
It’s child’s toy.
EVIDENCE OF 45,000-YEAR-OLD ADVANCED MATERIAL CULTURE DISCOVERED IN NORTH CHINA
MICAH HANKS·JANUARY 25, 2024
https://thedebrief.org/evidence-of-45000-year-old-advanced-material-culture-discovered-in-north-china/
Thanks BL.
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