[gothic-l] Re: Sparloesa rune stone

[Tore Gannholm]

>--- In gothic-l at y..., Ingemar Nordgren <ingemar.nordgren at e...> wrote:
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>
>Hae Ingemar.**********
>
>Thanks for your info. Very interesting. If the motives on the stone
>can be connected to the Goths and southern countries, then forget
>about the dating of the stone to the 9th century. It is wrong.
>If the motives can be connected to the Goths in the 6th century, then
>the inscription/pictures were done in the 6th century. Any other
>dating is just wishful thinking.
>
>Most likely this inscription is connected to the Heruli. Next likely
>possibility is that the inscription is from the first half of the 6th
>century and is connected to the Goths. That is a trader? and artist.
>
>Maybe the inscription is connected to the Longobards in Italy? or
>some other East Germanic dynasty in the south. That is a member from
>such a dynasty?
>
>Well,my guess: Connected to the Heruli. We just know for sure about
>the Heruli in Scand. in the 6th century. So we have to assume that it
>was the Heruli. It is a better explanation than assuming a "Gothic"
>tourist making inscriptions on stones in Thule.
>
>Bless,bless Einar******************
>

-- 
Einar,

There is a very good article by Professor Åke Hyenstrand over the 
Sparlösastenen.

I have it on http://w1.855.telia.com/~u85528681/Gothic_l/beowulf_/default.htm

Tore

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