The Lindholm amulet, as drawn by Stephens in 1884.

The Lindholm "amulet" (DR 261 $U) is a bone piece found in Skåne, dated to the 2nd to 4th centuries.

[edit] Transliteration

The first line reads:

• ek erilaz sa wilagaz hateka :

or

• ek erilaz sa(=i)wilagaz hateka :

The second line reads

• aaaaaaaazzznnn-b- muttt : alu :

[edit] Transcription into Proto-Norse

The first line is transcribed as either

• Ek erilaz sa Wilagaz haite'ka

or

• Ek erilaz Sawilagaz haite'ka

On the second line only alu is transcribed by Rundata:

• ... ... alu

[edit] Translation in English

The first line is translated as

• I the eril am called the wily

or

• I the eril am called Sawilagaz

While the second line may refer to ale:

• ... ... 'alu' (ale?)

Sawilagaz means "the one of the Sun (Sowilo)".

The inscription contains the controversial term and the title erilaz. This sequence has been interpreted as a magical formula: the three consecutive stacked Tiwaz runes as an invocation of Tyr, and the eight As runes as an invocation or symbolic list of eight Æsir.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] Source

• The entry DR 261 in Rundata.