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The comb from Vimose. Photo: Roberto Fortuna and Kira Ursem, Nationalmuseet (CC BY-SA)
With apologies for the unexpected delay, here is the second episode of the Rune Cast! I interview Lisbeth Imer from the National Museum of Denmark about the earliest finds of runic inscriptions, and give you a brief overview of the recently discovered Øverby stone, preliminarily dated to the 5th century CE.
Interview starts at about 1:45, information about the Øverby stone starts at about 22:05.
The interview was conducted online, so the sound quality is not the best – especially not at the beginning of the interview.
Inscriptions mentioned in this episode
- The comb from Vimose, the oldest known runic inscription to date: Read more: Danske runeindskrifter (Danish), Wikipedia (English)
- The Skovgårde fibula, Lisbeth’s darling: Read more: Danske runeindskrifter (Danish)
- The Illerup and Vimose lances, bearing identical inscriptions: Illerup on Danske runeindskrifter (Danish), Vimose on Danske runeindskrifter (Danish),
- The recently discovered Øverby stone in Norway: Press release by The Museum of Cultural History in Oslo (Norwegian)
Lisbeth Imer examines the Viking Age and Medieval runic graffitis on Skrivarberget in Ystines, Norway. Photo: Marco Bianchi (CC BY).