Kleines Schulerloch inscription

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The runic inscription found in the Kleines Schulerloch cave, Altmühltal, near Essing, Bavaria was discovered in 1937. It reads

birg : leub : selbrade,

probably "Birg, beloved of Selbrad", next to a drawing of an ibex or stag. From the 1950s has been considered a hoax by many scholars, but the discovery of a parallel inscription in grave 172 of the "Unterer Stollen" cemetery in Bad Kronzingen in 2001, reading

boba : leub | agirike

has revived discussion about the inscription's authenticity.

[edit] References

A. Bammesberger, G. Waxenberger (eds.), Das fuþark und seine einzelsprachlichen Weiterentwicklungen, Walter de Gruyter (2006), ISBN 978-3-11-019008-3, 137-393.