Lancashire, ring

(Manchester Gold Ring)

Contents

Lancashire, ring

Map
Basic data
Graph types
Information on the object
Information on the inscription
Comment
Literature
Interpretations
Images of runic objects
Place of storage
Additional links

Siglum	OE-GB-37
Findspot	Lancashire (Lancashire, Lancashire, Northumbria, GB)
Transliteration	?æðREDMECAHEAnREDMECagROf?
Translation	Ædred besitzt mich, Eanred beschrieb mich.
Translation	Ædred owns me. Eanred carved (made) me.

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Graph type 11608

Details on sequences and signs

Class of object	personal adornment
Type of object	other item of adornment
Object	ring
Measurements	Ø2,2
Find year	1705

Class of material	metal
Material	gold
Material specifics	niello
Preservation	good
Completeness	yes

External dating	800 - 900
Method of dating	iconograph.+ling.
Iconographic elements	yes
Dating (ICO style)	-
Context	single find

Rune row	fuþorc
Category	scripta mixta

Preservation	good
Completeness	yes

Titel	Author	Year
Runenkunde	**Düwel, K	2001
A Concise Edition of Old English Runic Inscriptions	Flowers, Stephen E.	1999
Eine angelsächsische Ring-Inschrift	Harder, Hermann	1932
Corpus of English Runes	Mitchell, M	1994
Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Non-Runic Inscriptions	Okasha, Elisabeth	1971
An Introduction to English Runes	*Page, Raymond I.	1973
The Provenance of the Lancashire Runic Ring	Page, Raymond I	2001
Six OE Runic Inscriptions Reconsidered	Schneider, Karl	1968

Interpretations (7)

Picture of find

Trustees of the British Museum
Photographer: unbekannt/unknown
CC BY-NC-ND

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Place of storage

The British Museum (London, GB)

Inventory number: No. SL 64, ring cat. no 181

(Details about place of storage)

Findno.: 636

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