Stone weight, Goteborg Stadsmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Stone weight from a steel yard, Viking, with runic inscription of the owner's name, a runic futhark to grant the object magical powers, and a christian inscription referencing Christ, in the Museum of Gothenburg, or Goteborg Stadsmuseum, a history museum founded 1861 and housed in East India House, in Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden. This item shows the coexistence of paganism and christianity in the Viking world. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14074146
Media ID
45705932
Size
8268px x 6376px
(10.6MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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