Anne Haavaldsen and Espen S. Ore

RUNES IN BERGEN

Preliminary report from the project "Computerising the runic
inscriptions at the Historical museum in Bergen"

1. English edition

The picture on the front page is an adaption of part of a photo of B625, BRM110/01711.
Photographer: Svein Skare, Bergen Museum, University of Bergen

Centre report 71
ISBN 82-7283-086-8
ISSN 0804-8800

Published by
Norwegian Computing Centre for the Humanities
Harald Hårfagresgt. 31
N-5007 Bergen, Norway
Tel: +47 55 58 29 54/55/56
Fax: +47 55 58 94 70
E-mail: Espen.Ore@hd.uib.no

Electronic version by Tor Espe and Espen S. Ore

Norsk versjon

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Contents

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• Preface
• 1. Introduction
  • Project organisation
  • Project work:
  • This report
• 2. On the runic material from Bergen
  • The excavations
  • The artefacts
  • The dating
  • Sorting of inscriptions.
  • Transliteration of the inscriptions
• 3. Survey of the B/BRM/N and the brnr-numbers.
• 4. B/BRM-numbers without identifiable runes.
• 5. B/BRM-numbers with only a personal mark.
• 6. B/BRM-numbers with capitals.
• 7. B/BRM-numbers with rune-like characters.
• 8. B/BRM-numbers with remainders of runes.
• 9. B/BRM-numbers with incomprehensible inscriptions.
• 10. B/BRM-numbers with cryptic runes.
• 11. B/BRM-numbers with complete or partly extant fuþork inscriptions.
• 12. Personal names
• 13. Inscriptions on artefacts other than wooden sticks.
• 14. Bibliography.

First published in this version January 1997.

Later corrections:

July 23, 1997: > corrected to þ in TOC entry for Ch. 11

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