Huge 5th century runestone found

by **Actumen** Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:38 pm

http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology/2009/10/5th_century_rune_stone_found.php
Huge 5th century runestone found DSC00792

Most rune stones are written with the late 16-character futhark and date from the 11th century when the Scandies had largely been Christianised. Their inscriptions tend to be formulaic: "Joe erected the stone after Jim his father who was a very good man". But by that time, runic writing was already 900 years old. It's just that inscriptions in the early 24-character futhark are much less common. And when you find them, their messages are usually far less straight-forward...