Special Delivery at the University of Stavanger
“Archaeologists at the Museum of Archaeology at the University of Stavanger could hardly believe their eyes when dress accessories typical of a Viking Age woman was delivered to the museum.”
The Department received a package from an anonymous sender containing several pieces from a grave burial:
“The well-known Norwegian archaeologist Odmund Møllerop (1922-2006) was then in charge of the excavation of a Viking Age boat grave, containing the remains of a wooden funerary boat over 7 meters in length. The woman was buried with an axe, a heckle, a shield boss, scissors, and an iron weaving sword, but there was no jewellery. It is tempting to conclude that this is in fact the missing jewellery’, Kristine Orestad Sørgaard notes.”
Full story at https://www.medievalists.net/2022/07/viking-jewellery-norwegian-museum/
I’d be delighted to receive such a package!
