Sigtuna box
The Sigtuna box is a copper box from Sigtuna, Sweden, which was engraved with a runic inscription in the early 11th century. The box not only tells of trading across the Baltic Sea, it is also engraved with an Old Norse poem in dróttkvætt, the lordly meter which was used when skalds praised lords and kings. The poem talks of thieves being devoured by ravens.
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Sigtuna box
The Sigtuna box is a copper box from Sigtuna, Sweden, which was engraved with a runic inscription in the early 11th century. The box not only tells of trading across the Baltic Sea, it is also engraved with an Old Norse poem in dróttkvætt, the lordly meter which was used when skalds praised lords and kings. The poem talks of thieves being devoured by ravens.
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Sigtunadosan är en koppardosa ...... ar tjuvar från att stjäla den.
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The Sigtuna box is a copper bo ...... eves being devoured by ravens.
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Sigtunadosan är en koppardosa ...... ar tjuvar från att stjäla den.
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The Sigtuna box is a copper bo ...... eves being devoured by ravens.
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