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Runic inscription

DR 13

Period
Pre-Viking Age 310/320-375/400 (Imer 2007)
Location
Nydam, Nydam engmose

Inscription

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This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.

Old Norse

alu(?)

English

'alu' (ale?)

Object

Object type
pil
Material category
trä
Material
trä

Location

Parish
Sottrup sn
District
Nybøl hd, Sønderjylland
Municipality
Sønderborg
Placement
Museum vorgesch. Altertümer i Kiel

Sources

Inscription status
Lost; it is not known to survive
Reference
KJ 19; DK nr.: SJy 64, http://runer.ku.dk/VisGenstand.aspx?Titel=Nydam-pileskaft_1; <http://www.runenprojekt.uni-kiel.de/abfragen/standard/deutung2_eng.asp?findno=13&ort=Nydam, Nydam engmose&objekt=pil>
Notes
Gick förlorat under andra världskriget.

Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm