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Runic inscription

E 4

Period
Viking Age
Location
Lincoln (I)

Inscription

ᚴᛅᛘᛒ᛫ᚴᚬᚦᛅᚾ᛫ᚴᛁᛅᚱᛁ᛫ᚦᚬᚱᚠᛅᛋᛏᚱ

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

Old Norse

Kamb góðan gerði Þorfastr.

English

A good comb Þorfastr made.

Object

Object type
kamfodral
Material category
ben/horn
Material
hjorthorn

Location

District
Lincolnshire, England
Placement
British Museum (67 3-20 12)

Sources

Other identifiers
DR 418; Br E4
Reference
Barnes & Page 2006
Notes
Tidigare signum: Br E4.

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