Visit Our ShopAdd To Saved SellersJoin Our NewsletterContact UsExtremely Rare Anglo / Norse Viking Era Rune Bone Amulet War Gods Tyr / OdinDescriptionDate: Circa: 8th – 9thCentury AD:Size: length: 4.6 cm: Maximum width: 2.5 cm:weight: 6.47 grams:This objectis a personal find made in Northern Cambridgeshire in the late winter of 2018:The object appears to have been fashioned from a Bovidae bone and as suchhas a slight inner face concave shape: I believe that it may be a amulet asther...e is a drilled hole seen to the carved semi-circular apex of the bone: The inscribedrunes are of the Elder Futhark type, which were a written system of 24characters associated with the Germanic peoples in the form of a runic alphabet:Theinscription could be read as a devotion to the war gods Tyr and Odin Please see picture 6 for similar symbols:Condition: extremely fine:The runebone appears complete and there is no damage seen across the body of theobject: The bone is ancient and as such is as hard as a dense dry wood: Thepatination also confirms great age and it has a developed tannin rich browntone, which is mirror-like it its finish: Provenance:The runebone was found in a peat rich soil section cut through an ancient river bed andat an elevational section depth of about 1.2 metres: A drainage ditch has beecut through a length of about 100 yards through a lower and much older riverbed: At the lowest point of this bed, 2nd – 3rd CenturyAD Roman pottery fragments are found and the rune bone was found above thisstratified and sealed contextual level: Please see my field section sketch - picture 5:Copyright Ancient Pasts | All rights reservedShippingUK Royal Mail Special Delivery: International Royal Mail Tracked and Signed:ReturnsAvailable please contact us for Terms and Conditions:PaymentWe accept payment via Debit & Credit Card and PayPal. All transactions are 100% secure.
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