When Galloway Hoard was discovered in a Muharib field in West Scotland in 2014, it was proved to be the richest group of Vikings that are found in Britain or Ireland. Now, long -term ambiguity has been resolved for those who may have it when he was buried more than 1000 years ago.
In fact, the amazing silver and golden treasure belonged to everyone – “society” – just as it is today, after it was obtained in 2017 by the National Museums of Scotland (NMS).
Evidence in Rooney’s inscription was found on one of the four -silver “strip” arms rings, which only decoded. She says: “This is the wealth of society [property]”
The discovery was exactly honored and the treasure was loaned to Adelaide in Australia, its first international tour: “We publish wealth. Everyone has a little of this treasure – just as The inscription says.
He added: “The idea that the wealth represents this treasure will be great.”
Experts have struggled to understand the engraving inside the curved half of the arm episode – “Dis Is їigna ˑfˑ” – because the word, “їignaf”, is not related to any language that occurs in Britain or early Ireland in the Middle Ages.
The mystery was discovered with the realization that the final Ron, “F” – which was distinguished by the series, or points, to any of the two sides – can be understood as “Feoh”, which means wealth or property. “Їigna” can then be an ancient English word “higna” or society. The first word, “DIS”, is believed to be errors in “this”, and perhaps “DIS”, as it will be in some parts of modern Ireland.
The word “higna” is often used in another place in Anglo -Saxon documents to refer to a religious society. Goldberg said: “It is really interesting to see her engraved on a arm ring, which is the type of thing that will be in granting lands and property demands,” Goldberg said.
Dr. David Parsons, a Ring specialist at Wales University, said the inscription is “difficult and unusual.”
“There are a number of wrong things technically when we compare them with what we know about the correct core writing. However, if we think about both spoken and written English today, there is a large group of regional and educational differences, and if we allow this, it becomes possible to accept this as reading Reasonable.
It was previously believed that the treasure was belonging to many owners, where three rings of arms were carved with elements of ancient English names.
The treasure, one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the United Kingdom in the century, was buried around 900 AD, and was discovered in 2014 by the metal detector near Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway.
It includes a cross of Anglo -Saxon silver created by Goldsmith from distinctive skills and art, a rocky crystal jar carrying a Latin inscription translated into “Hyguald Bishop that I made”, and great layers of the golden thread made by the best medieval craftsmen. They are among about 100 artifacts that originated in the Anglo -Saxon kingdoms, Ireland, and away from Asia.
Goldberg said that there are still unanswered questions about the circumstances in which society’s wealth was buried, and any specific society.
This was the time of Vikings raids. The Great Alfred was retracting the Scandinavian countries and establishing the foundations of England in the Middle Ages and Alba, the kingdom that became Scotland in the Middle Ages. One of the theories is that the treasure was buried by someone who fears Viking raids at a time when church treasures were stolen from the monasteries.