Bone artefact with Norse and Latin inscriptions.Image Credit : NIKU
Posted on 01/04/2022 8:17:11 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) have uncovered two objects in Oslo inscribed with Norse runic text.
Excavations were being conducted in Oslo’s Medieval Park ‘Middelalderparken’ in what was once the southern part of the medieval city of Oslo. The park contains the ruins of St. Clement’s Church, St. Mary’s Church, and the former Oslo Kongsgård estate royal estate.
Researchers discovered a bone inscribed in Norse and a piece of wood with inscriptions on three sides in both Norse and Latin.
Professor Kristel Zilmer from the University of Oslo, who specialises in writing culture (runology) and iconography has studied the finds and given some initial interpretations of the text.
Although the piece of wood is partially damaged, Zilmer identified “manus Domine / i” in Latin and the female name “Bryngjerd, er det / som det…” in Norse. The wood also has eight small signs that can make sense as both a statement in Latin or a continuation in Norse, which is possibly the phrase “It is true”.
Manus means “hand” and Dominus “lord, God”, which could be part of a Latin prayer “In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum. Redemisti me Domine, Deus veritatis”, meaning “Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. You have redeemed me, O Lord, O God of truth”.
The bone, which comes from a large domestic animal such as a horse or cow has thirteen clear runes on one side and one weak inscribed rune on the other. The bone discovery is the first runic bone found in Oslo in over thirty years and either refers to a personal name or nickname by the inscription “basmarþærbæin”, or simply describes the artefact by four concluding runes bæin (Norse bone) that refer to the bone itself.
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Bone artefact with Norse and Latin inscriptions.Image Credit : NIKU
No date but just middle ages?
I wonder what Bryngjerd’s life was like.
Wait!??!
Is this implying that the Norse made it all the way to Olso?
Wait!??! again!
Is this imply Norse could read and write?
Ok, ok.
As an apology for my fail at attempted humor...
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They also made it to oslo.
I was surprised to read about “er det” and “som det”. Same words used today.
And when deciphered it read: “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine!”
I understand that it was decoded as: “Let us go, Chieftain Brandon.”
Did they use their secret decoder rings to decipher those bones?
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Finding Latin beliefs in Norway is not surprising. There was a trading network across the heart of Russia in the first millennium. Viking artifacts were found a hundred miles east of Moscow on the headwaters of the Volga River. The Volga of course runs south to the Caspian Sea.
But on the way to the Caspian there is only a small less than 10 mile land hop at Kirova from the Volga to the Don River which runs to the Sea of Azov which connects to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. So trade to the latin influences was actually connected shorter across Russia, they did not have to go all the way around.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/volga-finns-0015699
Interesting story, but my first look at it that caused me to click to read it was I thought it said “Nordic Rune found in Ohio.”
“I wonder what Bryngjerd’s life was like.”
Nasty, brutish, and short.
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That was my first glance as well. There is some odd stuff in Ohio, the Serpent Mounts among them.
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