Bracteate Seeland-II-C

Present copy

The bracteate Seeland-II-C / Raum Køge (IK 98, KJ 127, DRBr 61) is a bracteate that was found in 1852 in two copies of the same model near Køge in southeast Zealand , Denmark .

It is dated to the Iron Age between 450 and 570 AD. In the middle of the amulet a rider with a spear is depicted. The picture is framed by a runic inscription . The left-hand inscription is transcribed in Latin letters:

ᚺᚨᚱᛁᚢᚺᚨᚺᚨᛁᛏᛁ⌃ᚨ⁝ᚠᚨᚱᚨᚢᛁᛋᚨ⁚ᚷᛁᛒᚢᚨᚢ † ᚨ ⁛ (ᛏᛏᛏ)

hariuha haitika: farauisa: gibu auja: (ttt)

The final, triple rune ttt consists of three Tiwaz characters ( ᛏ ) one on top of the other . There are different interpretations of the word farauisa . It could relate to travel or it could indicate the subject's knowledge. Accordingly, the authors come to different translations of the inscription:

“My name is Hariuha, the travel expert. I give protection on the journey ”.

"I am called Hariuha, knowing about misfortune I bring happiness".

With "Hariuha" Odin or Wotan (an Ase , Germanic deity) seems to be meant. In Germanic mythology this bears various names, so-called cognoms or surnames, so that when it came into contact with people it would not be recognized immediately. A wide-brimmed hat enhanced his camouflage. The decorations on the rider indicate these attributes.

literature

Klaus Düwel : Runic lore. Metzler, Stuttgart 2008, 4th revised. u. act. Ed., ISBN 978-3-476-14072-2 , pp. 48-50.
Klaus Düwel, Eva Nyman , Henrik Thrane : Zealand. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 28, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-018207-6 , pp. 25-35.
Morten Axboe et al. (Hrsg.): Die Goldbrakteaten der Völkerwanderungszeit, vol. 1,2 iconographic catalog (IK 1 text). Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-7705-1241-3 , p. 175 f.
Wolfgang Krause , Herbert Jankuhn : The runic inscriptions in the older Futhark. (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philosophical-Historical Class. Volume 3, No. 65,1 text, No. 65,2 plates). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1966, pp. 261–263.

Web links

Runic project Uni Kiel

Individual evidence

↑ Wolfgang Krause : The language of the urnordian runic inscriptions . Winter, Heidelberg 1971, ISBN 3-533-02179-3 .
↑ Erik Moltke: Runerne i Danmark og fuller oprindelse. Forum Forlag, Copenhagen 1976, ISBN 87-553-0426-5 (English translation: Runes and their Origin. Denmark and Elsewhere. Verlag des Nationalmuseums, Copenhagen 1987, ISBN 87-480-0578-9 .)

[1] Wolfgang Krause : The language of the urnordian runic inscriptions . Winter, Heidelberg 1971, ISBN 3-533-02179-3 .

[2] Erik Moltke: Runerne i Danmark og fuller oprindelse. Forum Forlag, Copenhagen 1976, ISBN 87-553-0426-5 (English translation: Runes and their Origin. Denmark and Elsewhere. Verlag des Nationalmuseums, Copenhagen 1987, ISBN 87-480-0578-9 .)