Rock carving Massleberg 1
The rock carving Massleberg 1 ( RAÄ number: Skee 614: 1) is located near Strömstad in Bohuslän in northern Sweden , about 80 m from the Massleberg burial ground . There are several, partly overlapping incisions from the Bronze Age on the outcrop .
In addition to countless bowls , ithyphallic men, some of whom carry or hold up axes , lances or swords , soles of the feet , a latticework, a wheel cross , small and large ships, animals ( deer and dogs ) and difficult to understand representations are shown. The small lines in the ships symbolize the crew. The "hooks" on the ship pictures represent Lurs .
- Massleberg Skee
The inaccurate depiction of a man carrying a ship is derived from more accurate ship jack depictions on other rocks in Bohuslän. So it must be a myth of the Nordic imagination.
See also
literature
- Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8 .
Web links
- Description and pictures
- Skee 614: 1 - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 58 ° 57 ′ 33.1 ″ N , 11 ° 19 ′ 8.4 ″ E