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There are seven known rings of the Anglo-Saxon period (9th or 10th century) bearing futhorc inscriptions. Futhorc are Anglo-Saxon runes which were used to write Old English . The most notable of the rings are the Bramham Moor Ring , found in the 18th century, and the Kingmoor Ring , found 1817, inscribed with a nearly identical magical runic ...
the Ruthwell Cross; 8th century, the inscription may be partly a modern reconstruction the Brandon antler piece, wohs wildum deoræ an "[this] grew on a wild animal"; 9th century. [21] Kingmoor Ring: the Seax of Beagnoth; 9th century (also known as the Thames scramasax); the only complete alphabet
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The largest and most noted of the stones is the Ardre VIII stone, dated to the 8th [2] or 9th century, depicts scenes from Norse mythology, notably the Lay of Weyland the smith, Thor fishing for Jörmungandr, the punishment of Loki for the death of Baldr, [3] and Odin riding to Valhalla on Sleipnir.
The vast majority of runestones date to the Viking Age and the period immediately following the Christianisation of Scandinavia (9th to 12th centuries). A small number predates the 9th century; one of the last runestones was raised in memory of the archbishop Absalon (d. 1201). [ 7 ]
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In January 2017 An Post announced that a selection of the 100 objects would form the subjects for the 9th definitive postage stamp series for Ireland, to be issued over a period of five or six years from 2017. The first set of stamps featuring twelve of the objects were issued in January 2017, consisting of eight different SOAR (Stamps on a ...