NHER 66506 (Find Spot record) - Late Saxon runic lead sheet (Deopham, poorly located)
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DEOPHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Full Description
November 2021. Metal-detecting. [1].
Recovered in Deopham, but exact provenance not known [2]:
Late Saxon lead sheet inscribed with runes (S1). There are two rows of runes with a possible reading of the lower row being the sequence '[e] b I d d a l f' - potentially the runic spelling for standard Old English 'bedealf' (which translates as 'buried in a grave').
Information from PAS import.
P. Beers (HES), 8 July 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2024.
Associated Sources (1)
- <S1> SNF101609 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2022. Drawing of a Late Saxon runic lead sheet. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- INSCRIBED OBJECT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 700 AD to 900 AD)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Jul 12 2024 11:01PM