[gothic-l] Re: Heruls and Archaeology

[Tore Gannholm]

>Bertil
>
>Thank you. As you can se in my previous mail I have used your
>information.
>
>A year ago I totally disagreed with you regarding Blekinge, and I
>still do regarding some of your arguments below. However the
>archaeological remains indicate in my opinion an Eastgermanic
>presence in Scania/Blekinge in the 5th century, which might be due to
>Heruls. Soesdala is an example, but I am also willing to accept
>Vaerend. If Jordanes mentioned an event from the 5th or 6th century,
>these were probably the Heruls expelled by the Danes. These are
>earlier than the Heruls of Procopius, but the Heruls of Procopius may
>have heard about the possibilities from their kinsmen in Scandinavia
>when they started their travel. I still believe that the maingroup
>found a place north of Gautoi.
>
>Troels

I have a question to Bertil in this case.
I stumbled on some information about the Blekinge runes. I got the
impression that they are of the older 24 caracter alfabet and not the new
16 caracter alfabet that Prokopius Heruls probably brought with them.
Perhaps you have some more information about this.
Tore

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