Religion:Sigtuna rib
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Short description: 12th-century runic amulet from Sweden
Sigtuna rib (U NOR1998;25) | |
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Material | Bone |
Writing | Younger Futhark |
Created | 1100 |
Discovered | 1998 Sigtuna, kv. Professorn 4 |
Present location | 59.6158, 17.7213 |
Culture | Norse |
Rundata ID | U NOR1998;25 |
Text – Native | |
Old Norse: See article. | |
Translation | |
See article. | |
https://app.raa.se/open/runor/inscription?id=777176e6-61dd-4c8e-a02f-8895f9b5a5e1 |
The Sigtuna rib (signum U NOR1998;25) is a 12th-century runic amulet found in the 1990s in Sigtuna, Uppland, Sweden[1]
Description
The amulet is a rib bone with writing on both sides of it. The inscription appears to be a spell against disease. [2]
Inscription
The Scandinavian Runic-text Database offers the following "standard" readings:[3]
Transliteration:
- §A iorils × ouriþ × uaksna ur : kroke × bat han × riþu × bar-…
- §B han : riþu × aok × siþa × sarþ × sararan × uara × hafir × fult ¶ f(e)kit × fly : braot riþa
Old West Norse normalization
- §A Jórils vrið!/óvrið vaksna ur Króki! Bant hann riðu, bar[ði](?)
- §B hann riðu. Ok síða(?) sarð sára-rann. Vara hefir (hann) fullt fengit. Flý braut riða!
Runic Swedish normalization
- §A Iōrils vrið!/ovrið vaksna uʀ Krōki! Bant hann riðu, bar[ði](?)
- §B hann riðu. Ok sīða(?) sarð sāra-rann. Vara hafiʀ (hann) fullt fængit. Flȳ braut riða!
English translation
- §A Jórill's woundcauser / Jórill's abnormal stomach-ache disappear from Krókr! He bound the fever, he fought(?)
- §B the fever. And did away with the abscess. (He) has fully cought the pus. Flee away, fever!
See also
- Canterbury charm
- Kvinneby amulet
- Near Fakenham plaque
- Ribe skull fragment
- Sigtuna amulet I
References
- ↑ "Startar...". https://app.raa.se/open/fornsok/lamning/9d18826f-9e0f-4860-9316-018b774a0729.
- ↑ "Runinskrifter.net – U NOR1998;25". https://www.runinskrifter.net/signum/U/NOR1998;25.
- ↑ "Runic inscription U NOR1998;25", Scandinavian Runic-text Database (Department of Scandinavian Languages, Uppsala University), 2020, http://kulturarvsdata.se/uu/srdb/ca5f65a8-5f97-4515-b920-41f7529ce5aa, retrieved February 26, 2022
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigtuna rib.
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