Sigtuna rib (U NOR1998;25) | |
Material: | Bone |
Writing: | Younger Futhark |
Created: | 1100 |
Discovered Place: | Sigtuna, kv. Professorn 4 |
Discovered Date: | 1998 |
Rune Id: | U NOR1998;25 |
Rune Text Native: | Old Norse See article. |
Rune Text English: | See article. |
Location: | 59.6158, 17.7213 |
Culture: | Norse |
The Sigtuna rib (signum U NOR1998;25) is a 12th-century runic amulet found in the 1990s in Sigtuna, Uppland, Sweden[1]
The amulet is a rib bone with writing on both sides of it. The inscription appears to be a spell against disease. [2]
The first line is a Transliteration. The second is an Old West Norse normalization, and the third Old East Norse normalization.