NHER 66506 (Find Spot record) - Late Saxon runic lead sheet (Deopham, poorly located)

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Summary

In 2021 a Late Saxon lead sheet inscribed with runes was recovered at an unknown location in Deopham parish.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish DEOPHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

November 2021. Metal-detecting. [1].
Recovered in Deopham, but exact provenance not known [2]:
Late Saxon lead sheet inscribed with runes (S1). There are two rows of runes with a possible reading of the lower row being the sequence '[e] b I d d a l f' - potentially the runic spelling for standard Old English 'bedealf' (which translates as 'buried in a grave').
Information from PAS import.
P. Beers (HES), 8 July 2022 and P. Watkins (HES), 13 May 2024.

  • <S1> Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2022. Drawing of a Late Saxon runic lead sheet. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • INSCRIBED OBJECT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 700 AD to 900 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 12 2024 11:01PM

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