期刊名称:Futhark : International Journal of Runic Studies
电子版ISSN:1892-0950
出版年度:2012
期号:3
页码:89-104
出版社:University of Oslo & Uppsala University
摘要:small, well-preserved, wooden runic object was found in a well in the city of Lund in Scania (Skåne) in 2004 and has puzzled researchers ever since. It is presumably a gaming-piece for a board game. The dating of the archaeological layer in which the object was found suggests that it ended in the well between c. 1220 and 1235. The reading of the individual runes is in almost every case certain. The reading order of the lines, the interpretation of the linguistic content and the provenance, however, have caused disagreement among those who have studied the object. The inscription was tentatively discussed in the author’s Ph.D. dissertation from 2007, but many questions remained unsolved. This paper reviews the discussion so far, and offers a more coherent linguistic interpretation. It also suggests a probable provenance for the object
关键词:medieval runic inscription; Lund; gaming-piece; order of reading;rune-carver formula; love; love sorrow