Ember pan from Hamrånge
The Persian embers from Hamrånge , discovered in 1943, dates from the early Viking Age (800–1050 AD) and is now in the Länsmuseet Gävleborg in Gävle . It was discovered in a low pile of stones near Hamrånge , about 40 km north of Gävle, a town in the historic Swedish province of Gästrikland .
The roughly cube-shaped, heavily openwork vessel with a dome-like decorated lid and long stem has the shape of a 33 cm high mosque . TJ Arne and other capacities examined the subject. It is an oriental ember pan that was filled with glowing charcoal. Three bronze pincers were also found.
The type was widespread from Egypt to Iran from the 6th century. The mosque shape with the so-called Sassanian palmette - ornamentation dates the Glutpfanne to about 800 AD Under the ownership, the inscription was: "Bi 'sm Illahi rahim" a.. Formula that you as an introduction to Suren the Koran and inscribed knows on Arabic coins . In this case it was written in Kufic script . It is the souvenir of a well-traveled Viking .
literature
- Wolfram zu Mondfeld: Viking trip. Denmark, Norway, Schleswig-Holstein . Koehler, Herford 1985, ISBN 3-7822-0360-7 , pp. 110 .