Norwegian Rune Sticks

Ritual Rune Stick

(November 29, 2024) This rune stick looks like the head and shoulders of a person or a personified deity suggesting its use in a secret ritual (Christianity was dominant at the time). It came out of an  archaeological dig at Medieval Park in Oslo. It came out of a stratigraphic layer dated to 1200 CE which makes it one of the oldest runic examples ever found.

References

Ida Irene Bergstrøm (14 February 2022) New runic find from medieval Oslo – this time it’s a name tag. In Science Norway, online at: https://www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-medieval-history/new-runic-find-from-medieval-oslo-this-time-its-a-name-tag/1983007

Photo of rune stick from Bergstrøm (February 2022). Letter assignments by Olmsted

Image of previous translation attempt by Kristel Zilmer at the University of Oslo. Source: Bergstrøm (February 2022).

Translation

Translation in Akkadian (North Text 40)

(read left to right. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs are italic bold, Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration) 
Chart: North European Runes
  1. Ṭu IRu Ya Nu Qu Ku (North 40.1)

In English

  1. Thu is not astrologically-empowering the Revealer's (Kate/Hekate) life-thread involvement

Previously Attempted Translation

Kristel Zilmer translated this as "Ásbjǫrn á mik" meaning "Asborn owns me." 

The main problem is that all her letter assignments are incorrect except for the middle Y/I and last K. She is seeing the letters NQ as being the letters N A M where A and M form a bind rune - yet instead of both being a part of a single word which is what bind runes indicate, she separates them into separate words. Also the letter N is not a stick with one declining angled line. The letter N is either a line pair connected by an X shape or a letter which looks like the modern English N.

The other problem is that it is primary a name which is not a translation due it allowing any cluster of letters.