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- Freund, Andrea, et al.
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Modern Rune Carving in Northern Scotland
- 2019
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Ingår i: Futhark. - : Uppsala University. - 1892-0950 .- 2003-296X. ; 8, s. 127-150
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article discusses modern runic inscriptions from Orkney and Caithness. It presents various examples, some of which were previously considered “genuine”, and reveals that OR 13 Skara Brae is of modern provenance. Other examples from the region can be found both on boulders or in bedrock and in particular on ancient monuments ranging in date from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. The terminology applied to modern rune carving, in particular the term “forgery”, is examined, and the phenomenon is considered in relation to the Kensington runestone. Comparisons with modern rune carving in Sweden are made and suggestions are presented as to why there is such an abundance of recently carved inscriptions in Northern Scotland.
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- Ljosland, Ragnhild
(författare)
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Runic Spindle Whorl Recently Found in Orkney
- 2020
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Ingår i: Futhark. - : Uppsala University. - 1892-0950 .- 2003-296X. ; 9-10, s. 215-229
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article gives an account of a rune-inscribed bone spindle whorl which was found by a member of the public in Orkney in January 2017. The inscription will presumably be designated as OR 24. The circumstances of the find are briefly discussed and the artefact described and depicted. Thereafter follows a transliteration and commentary on the reading and an interpretation of the text, which seems to be a futhark inscription with some notable oddities.Along with the spindle whorl bearing OR 24, the finder also handed in a quartzite pebble from the same site, which is decorated with a painted rune-like mark. The article discusses whether the painted mark is intended as a rune, and whether the artefact is Norse at all. The conclusion is that the mark is most probably not intended to be runic and that the artefact is likely to be Pictish rather than Norse.
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