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7th century: "I, master of the runes(?) conceal here runes of power. Incessantly (plagued by) maleficence,(doomed to) insidious death (is) he who breaks this (monument)."

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ooli2@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨archaeology@mander.xyz⁩

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  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    This place is not a place of honor. No highly esteemed deed is commemorated here. Nothing valued is here. What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger. The danger is still present, in your time, as it was in ours.

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  • termaxima@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If it was not an invaluable historic artifact, it would be fun to send a guy to break it and see what happens (probably nothing though)

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    where is this? doesn’t look like any runestone i’ve ever seen. there should be remnants of a border visible at the bottom.

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    • infeeeee@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Björketorp_Runestone

      The Björketorp Runestone (DR 360 U) in Blekinge, Sweden.

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      • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        huh, the interpretation of the ur-nordic listed on the swedish wiki is basically “if you ruin my rock you are a beta male”

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  • Lembot_0002@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah, people in the VII-th century were so stupid that the writer might be not trolling but sincerely believing in the bullshit he wrote. Barbaric times…

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    • drolex@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The translation is not very accurate. It should be read something like this:

      be me rune master

      concealing runes of power

      Chad comes and breaks the monument

      plagueOfMaleficence.jpg

      insidiousDeath.exe

      lmao why are Chads like this?

      [Insert pepe]

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      • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        When you try to lie to IT support.

        “Are you sure you didn’t download and run InsidiousDeath.exe?”

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    • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They weren’t stupid they just didn’t know any better. There’s a difference, and it’s an important one in these troubled times.

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    • stray@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So many ancient writings are shitposts though. This could very well just be OOP trolling the kind of people who would be scared of such a message, or even making a joke we no longer have the references for.

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      • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Some Roman general “Look, there’s no such GODDAMN THING AS RUNE STONES. Now go take that fucking Druid village or I will give you something to be scared about.”

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    • flandish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      how is that different than today? hint: it’s not.

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  • _druid@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Reminds me of Valheim.

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