Norwegian Rune Sticks

(November 29, 2024) This rune stick looks like the head and shoulders of a person or a personified deity suggesting its use in a secret ritual (Christianity was dominant at the time). It came out of an  archaeological dig at Medieval Park in Oslo. It came out of a stratigraphic layer dated to 1200 CE which makes it one of the oldest runic examples ever found.

References

Ida Irene Bergstrøm (14 February 2022) New runic find from medieval Oslo – this time it’s a name tag. In Science Norway, online at: https://www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-medieval-history/new-runic-find-from-medieval-oslo-this-time-its-a-name-tag/1983007

Translation in Akkadian (North Text 40)

1. Ṭu IRu Ya Nu Qu Ku (North 40.1)

In English

1. Thu is not astrologically-empowering the Revealer's (Kate/Hekate) life-thread involvement

Previously Attempted Translation

Kristel Zilmer translated this as "Ásbjǫrn á mik" meaning "Asborn owns me." 

The main problem is that all her letter assignments are incorrect except for the middle Y/I and last K. She is seeing the letters NQ as being the letters N A M where A and M form a bind rune - yet instead of both being a part of a single word which is what bind runes indicate, she separates them into separate words. Also the letter N is not a stick with one declining angled line. The letter N is either a line pair connected by an X shape or a letter which looks like the modern English N.

The other problem is that it is primary a name which is not a translation due it allowing any cluster of letters.