Posted on 01/21/2023 6:46:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv
In the autumn of 2021, archaeologists of the Museum of Cultural History investigated a grave field by Tyrifjorden in Ringerike. In one of the graves, they discovered a stone with several runic inscriptions. Burnt bones and charcoal from the grave reveal that the runes were inscribed between the years 1 and 250 AD. This makes it the earliest known rune stone...
Sometime between 1,800 and 2,000 years ago, someone stood near Tyrifjorden and carved runes into the 31x32 cm block of reddish-brown Ringerike sandstone. They spoke an early form of the ancient Nordic language that is the ancestor language of modern Nordic languages spoken in Scandinavia today...
Is the name inscribed on the stone that of the person who is buried there? On the front face of the stone, eight runes stand out clearly among other inscriptions. Converted into Latin letters they spell: idiberug. Is the stone made "for Idibera"? Or was the intention to write the name 'Idibergu' or the kin name 'Idiberung'?
(Excerpt) Read more at historiskmuseum.no ...
IKEA sign?
The diggers should look for some crock pots...
True: that could be the meatball recipe...
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