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About 25
Runic Inscriptions were found in the Netherlands, and specially in
Friesland.
Some are of
Scandinavian origin.
1.
Scandinavian coin, 11th century: "kunar amot
thisae. (Gunnar owns this stamp).
2. Iron
key. Probably Scandinavian: "Anuars" (Anvar).
3. Chess
piece. "agerotra:mosel? /
mahtelokpaetaerr?? (Machtelt
and Peter).
4. Bracket.
"foRo glola"
5. Narval
tooth, Scandinavian. "thuRh suaerri" (? Sverri).
6. Sword
handle, bone. Anglo-Saxon runes. "iethemyka "
(the meek).
7.
Anglo-Saxon coin. "Eadnoth" (Name of a coin
master of King Offa, 757-796 AD)
Friesian
Runes.
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Usually
written on Taxis wood, a tree which was considered special, bows were made off
its wood.
A book: "A.
Quak, Runica Frisia, in: R.H. Bremmer. Aspects of Old Friesian Philology, AbaeG
31-32, 1990. Page 357-370.
8. Boone
Comb. "Eda".
9.
Miniature sword made out of taxis wood, 6th or 7th century. "Edae : boda" (Ed the postman).
10. Pieces
of a walking stick made out of bone, 8th century. "tuda awudukiusthu" (or maybe "awadukirithu". (Tuda).
11. Taxis
stick, 6th century. "Thiniaeberetdud / […]n :
biridmi" (this taxis always bares, …n bares me).
12. Pen made out of horse bone. "iligliu".
13.
Solidus. "skanomodu" Friesian, or
English.
14. Bag for
a comb. "Murae".
15. Bone
name tag, 6th or 7th century. "i : aehae : k"
(I am Ahe).
16. Gold
coin 6th, century. "hada".
17. Comb
made out of deer antler, 7th century. "xnli"
(Miedema).
18. Comb
bag. "l, and upside down l" (laguR, water,
sea).
19. Comb
made out of deer antler, 8th, or 9th century. "aelb kabu deda habuku". (Alb did the comb for
Habuku).
20. Handle
for a sword or knife, 8th, or 9th century. "ekumaeditoka". (I the un-maimed grabbed the
sword).
21.
Solidus, 6th century. "weladu"
(Weland).
22. Weave
sword, taxis wood. "adugislu : meth gisuhidu" .
(Adugisl goes with Gisuhilde).
23. Taxis
stick, maybe a prayer stick, 8th century. "ophaemugistndaaemluth / iwim ostaehthuaen /
iwiosustduaele". (At Opheim takes a stand Hamlet, with taxis sticks a
favor you get, with this taxis do us a favor always"
24. Piece
of bone. "inguR
ngR"
(?Ing).
25. Gold
hanger, 600 AD "hiwi".
There are
more…for example, a joker wrote "FM" on an old
piece of bone…"Fries Museum".
However,
these are probably fake.
For more
information I advise e-mailing the Fries Museum. http://www.friesmuseum.nl/