Archaeologists in Norway have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest.
Researchers inspect a runestone found at Tyrifjorden, Norway, at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. Archaeologists with the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo said Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 that have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest, saying the inscriptions are up to 2,000 years old and date back to the earliest days of the enigmatic history of runic writing.
Older runes have been found on other items, but not on stone. The earliest runic find is on a bone comb found in Denmark. Zilmer said that maybe the tip of knife or a needle was used to carve the runes. Measuring 31 centimeters by 32 centimeters , the stone has several types of inscriptions and not all make linguistic sense. Eight runes on the front of the stone read “idiberug” — which could be the name of a woman, a man or a family.There is still a lot of research to be done on the rock, dubbed the Svingerud stone after the site where it was found.
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