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sl8

(16,252 posts) Sun Oct 30, 2022, 07:16 AM Oct 2022

Analysis and Interpretation of a Unique Arabic Finger Ring from the Viking Age Town of Birka, Sweden

From 2015.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/sca.21189

Analysis and Interpretation of a Unique Arabic Finger Ring from the Viking Age Town of Birka, Sweden

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Analysis and Interpretation of a Unique Arabic Finger Ring from the Viking Age Town of Birka, Sweden (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2022 OP

I found another picture of the ring at another site: Judi Lynn Oct 2022 #1

Nice. Thank you. nt sl8 Oct 2022 #2

There was commerce between Scandinavia and wnylib Nov 2022 #3

Judi Lynn

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1. I found another picture of the ring at another site:

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Mon Oct 31, 2022, 04:07 AM

Oct 2022

The site is called "Old Norse, and the article is: A Viking era ring inscribed with the words ‘for Allah’, found in the grave of a woman who was buried 1200 years ago in Birka

I can only see the article for a couple of seconds before it slams down for me, for some reason! I had to keep refreshing it to gather the title, and the link to the photo!

https://oldnorse.org/2021/06/24/a-viking-era-ring-inscribed-with-the-words-for-allah-found-in-the-grave-of-a-woman-who-was-buried-1200-years-ago-in-birka/

It's amazing that Vikings did any commerce with people who lived so far away! Wow. Thank you.

sl8

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2. Nice. Thank you. nt

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 31, 2022, 04:27 AM

Oct 2022

wnylib

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3. There was commerce between Scandinavia and

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 2, 2022, 04:08 AM

Nov 2022

the Middle East since the time of the Phoenicians.

During the Bronze Age, Phoenicians went as far as the British Isles for tin which is a necessary alloy for bronze. There were tin mines in what is now southwestern England. Two routes to England were through Gibraltar and up the Atlantic Coast or on north/south rivers in what is now France. They reached the Baltic Sea and began a trade in Scandinavia for Amber.

Merchants settled in SW England, forming a colony there. Mediterranean goods were imported to England and tin was exported. The ancient Israelites sailed on Phoenician ships and settled in southern France and Spain.

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