A ‘Divination Staff’ from Viking-Age Norway
At the British Museum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10957357 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sue Brunning (British Museum, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 193-200 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Archaeologica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0065-101X • E-ISSN: 1600-0390 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1600-0390.2016.12171.x |
| OpenAlex | W2564267202 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
A long iron rod in the British Museum’s Viking collection (accession number 1894,1105.5) has been reclassified by curators. Accessioned in the nineteenth century as a fishing tool and later recast as a roasting spit, it can now be added to a group of enigmatic iron rods that are widely interpreted as the special attribute of the völva , or Norse seeress
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Divination · Geography · Literature · Viking Age · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · History · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
| Highly cited | No |
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