Nabberör
Among the boat graves found in Sweden , that of the Nabberör ( German "Röse von Nabbe" ) on a headland near Nabbelund on Grankullaviken in the Böda parish on Öland is informative. Located on the western shore of the bay, south of Långe Erik lighthouse and north of the village of Grankullavik, Nabbelund used to be an important port for the timber trade.
Boat grave
In the vicinity of Nabbelund is the Röse (stone mound) Nabberör, in which a boat burial ( Swedish båtgrav ) from the Vendel period (650–800 AD) was found in 1938 . It is a boat grave in the heavily damaged Röse, about 15.0 m in diameter and two meters high. The rose had been piled up over a 10 m long boat. The grave with four skeletons is dated to the beginning of the 8th century. It is one of only three boat graves in Northern Europe with more than three burials. Two of the skeletons could indicate that the dead were deposited in a sitting position.
Finds
The inventory was badly damaged or lost. Skeletal parts of at least four individuals, presumably three men and one woman (Germanic pantheon) were discovered. The finds include:
- a bronze handle in Vendel style D,
- Parts of ornate silver fittings of a sword ,
- bronze and silver fittings of an iron hump for a magnificent shield
- as well as animal-decorated bronze fittings, which probably come from a cutting knife.
- Some 100 rivets of the planking could also be recovered.
- As in other Vendel and Valsgärd graves, skeletal parts of (four) dogs, a bridled horse, a sheep and a pig were found.
literature
- Jan Erik Anderbjörk : Nabberör i Böda. Undersökning av en märklig öländsk båtgrav . Kalmar läns fornminnesförening. Meddelanden XXVII 1939, pp. 62-72.
- Mårten Stenberger : Nordic prehistory. Volume 4: Prehistory of Sweden. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1977, ISBN 3-529-01805-8 .
Web links
- Nabberör - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 57 ° 21 ′ 0.4 ″ N , 17 ° 4 ′ 33 ″ E