Oct 6, 2019
Bronze fragment with ring and dot pattern, found last month in Råde, Norway. This motif is found throughout antiquity in Northern Europe, but is generally dated to iron age.
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Bronze fragment with ring and dot pattern, found last month in Råde, Norway. This motif is found throughout antiquity in Northern Europe, but is generally dated to iron age.
Animal head foot plate of a cruciform brooch, found in Råde last month. These brooches are generally dated to migration period (375 AD - 538 AD).
A fragment of a medieval thurible found in Råde earlier this year nearby a church built in 1185. We assume that it was deposited or disposed of in or around the years of the protestant reformation, which found its way to Norway in 1536-1537. During the reign of Christian III, the estates and wealth of the church was confiscated by the crown, and everything else reeking of catholisism was destroyed. Whether the censer was buried by catholics or smashed by zealous iconoclasts we do not know, but we feel fairly certain that it was made by the same hand as this thurible from the nearby Eidsberg Church.
Roman silver denarius, minted during the last years of Emperor Trajan (114 AD - 117 AD). During this time, the Roman Empire reached its maximum territorial extent, and Trajan was awarded the honorary title of Optimus Princeps ("the best ruler"), which is proudly displayed on this coin, along with imperial cognomen, and a list of his military conquests (the three latter):
IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO (Imperator Caesar Nerva Trajan Optimus Augustus Germania Dacia Parthico)
The reverse shows Virtus standing on a helmet with her left foot, spear and parazonium in hand, further emphasizing Trajans military prowess. The lettering on the reverse is as follows:
PM TR P COS VI P P SPQR (Pontifex Maximus Tribunica Potestas Consul VI Pater Patriae Senate Populusque Romanus)
This was found in Råde this easter, and counts among a very small group. Roman coins are quite rare in Norway. Could this have been brought back as souvernir by a mercenary in the 700s, or brought back as pillage from the British Isles in the 900s? Or maybe bought in a crowded Bazaar by a pious pilgrim in the 1100s? These things we will never know, but what is certain - from sheer wear and tear - it has seen a lot of use before it fell to the earth here in South-Eastern Norway.
Bag seal for rye flour. It was milled in Stettiner Walzmühle, founded in 1838 in Stettin, Prussia (present day Szczecin, Poland), which operated until its liquidation in 1905.
The ad is from the newspaper Fredriksstad Tilskuer, 1885.
norwegian word of the day
å råde
v. to advise
råder - rådet/rådde - har rådet/rådd - rådes - råd! advise - advised - have advised - is advised - advise!
“Jeg råder deg til å gjøre det.” “I advise you to do it.”
“Man rådes til å holde seg unna dette området.” “It’s advised to keep away from this area.”
“Karl rådet Marit om å si noe, men hun gjorde det ikke.” “Karl advised Marit to say something, but she didn’t”
“Jeg råder alle sammen til å smake på de deilige kjeksene jeg har bakt!” “I advise everyone to taste the delicious cookies I have baked!”
å fraråde = to advise (someone) against (something)
“Jeg fraråder deg å gjøre det.” “I advise you against doing it.”
by the way, sorry for my sudden absence. I haven’t been feeling it lately, but now I hope I can start posting regularly again :)
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Bronze buckle, found in Råde. These are difficult to date, but we believe it to be late medieval.