Kleines Schulerloch inscription
The runic inscription found in the Kleines Schulerloch cave, Altmühltal, near Essing, Bavaria, was discovered in 1937. It reads
- birg : leub : selbrade,
probably meaning "Birg, beloved of Selbrad", next to a drawing of an ibex or stag scratched into the stone (which is, however, of Pleistocene age, far older than the inscription). From the 1950s on, the inscription has been considered a hoax by many scholars. However, the discovery of a parallel inscription in grave 172 of the "Unterer Stollen" cemetery in Bad Krozingen in 2001, reading
- boba : leub | agirike
revived discussions regarding the authenticity of the Kleines Schulerloch inscription. Nevertheless, in 2003, Looijenga concluded that the inscription is an obvious falsification.[1] In 2012, Findell, while accepting the Bad Krozingen inscription as genuine, still considered the Kleines Schulerloch inscription to be suspect.[2]
References
- A. Bammesberger, G. Waxenberger (eds.), Das fuþark und seine einzelsprachlichen Weiterentwicklungen, Walter de Gruyter (2006), ISBN 978-3-11-019008-3, 137-393.
External links
- Die Eiszeitzeichnung vom kleinen Schulerloch (photo of inscription), archived from the original location
- Inscriptions suspected to be falsifications: Kleines Schulerloch (German), from the Runenprojekt of the University of Kiel, including an extensive list of references
Notes
- ↑ Looijenga, Tineke (2003). Texts and Contexts of the Oldest Runic Inscriptions. Leiden: BRILL. p. 223. ISBN 90-04-12396-2. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ↑ Findell, Martin (2012). Phonological Evidence from the Continental Runic Inscriptions. Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter. p. 68. ISBN 978-3-11-028925-1. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
Coordinates: 48°55′40″N 11°49′01″E / 48.92778°N 11.81694°E