Pernik sword
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An early medieval sword found in Pernik, western Bulgaria, in 1921, bearing an inscription in silver inlay on the blade. The inscription was long considered incomprehensible
- +IHININIhVILPIDHINIhVILPN+ [1]
In 2005 however, decipherment was claimed by a Bulgarian research group, reading an early West Germanic language (Austro-Bavarian or Lombardic of ca. the 6th to 8th c.), with a meaning of "I do not await eternity, I am eternity" (hvil, cognate to English while and German Weile).
[edit] External links
- http://www.balkanmediaacademy.bg/activity_en.htm
- http://www.balkanmediaacademy.bg/1mech-5.jpg
- http://www.g-geschichte.de/EX/Extra/pdfRossenInterview.pdf (in German)
[edit] References
- Friedrich E. GRÜNZWEIG: Ein Schwert mit Inschrift aus Pernik (Bulgarien), Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik 61 (2006).
- Dentschewa, Emilia: "Langobardische (?) Inschrift auf einem Schwert aus dem 8. Jahrhundert in bulgarischem Boden". In: Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur, Band 128 (2006) Heft 1, S. 1-11.
- Dentschewa, Emilia: "+IHININIhVILPIDHINIhVILPN+ oder die Botschaft eines Schwertes aus der Zeit des Königreichs der Langobarden (?)" In: Archaeologia Bulgarica IX (2005) Heft 2, S. 99-105.
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