Auzon, casket
(Franks Casket; Clermonter Runenkästchen; Clermont (casket))
Siglum | OE-F-3 |
Findspot | Auzon (Auzon/Firenze, Haute-Loire/Firenze, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes/Toscana, F/I) |
Transliteration |
ægili‖
fisc:flodu:ahofonferg|enberig|warþga:sricgrornþærheongreutgiswom|hronæsban‖ mægi‖ romwalusandreumwalustwœgen|gibroþær|afœddæhiæwyli[f]inromæcæstri:|oþlæunneg‖ herfegtaþ|titusendgiuþeasu|HICFUGIANTHIERU(S/s)ALIM|afitatores‖ dom‖ gisl‖ risci|bita|wudu‖ herhossitaþonharmbergaægl[æc^a]|drigiþswa|hiriertæegisgræfsardensorga|ændsef^atorna |
Translation | Ægili ‖ The fish arose by means of the floods/high tide onto the cliff-bank/earth, Gās(t)rīc was sad, as (= when) he swam on to the sand (= aground). Whale's bone/s (bones = skeleton)‖magi‖ Romulus and Remus (were) two (twin) brothers - a she-wolf raised them - in the city of Rome far from the native land‖Here Titus and a Jew (= someone of the Jews) fight / here Titus and some Jews fight Here the/its inhabitants flee from Jerusalem‖Here/listen, the company preside/s over the harmful burial place/mound (always). The awesome opponent/ferocious fighter always performs/acts/endures. Anger has left. Ertæ assigned/decreed by means of the horse: distress, the grave of sorrows, and the sad mood. |
B IV
C I
C III
C IV
D II
E I
Class of object | other object |
Type of object | container |
Object | casket |
Measurements | 22,9; 18,9; 10,5 |
Find year | 1857+1890 |
Class of material | bone/horn |
Material | bone |
Material specifics | whale |
Preservation | impaired; fragmented |
Completeness | no |
External dating | 700 - 750 |
Method of dating | iconograph.+ling. |
Iconographic elements | yes |
Dating (ICO style) | - |
Context | single find |
Rune row | fuþorc |
Category | run.+cryptica |
Preservation | fragmented |
Completeness | yes |
Place of storage
The British Museum+Museo Nazionale del Bargello
(London, GB+Firenze, I)
Inventory number: 1-20,1+rechte Seite: Carrand Collection no. 25
Findno.: 603