RE: 'For Allah' Inscription Found on Viking Era Ring
September 27, 2021 at 7:21 pm
(This post was last modified: September 27, 2021 at 7:27 pm by WinterHold.)
(September 27, 2021 at 3:42 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The most interesting thing is that this ring was inscribed. Other Middle Eastern artifacts have been found in Scandinavia, this appears to be the first one with an inscription.
Pretty cool.
Boru
I first assumed that it was a booty taken from a defeated English soldier that took the ring during the Crusades, but checking the date again (850 AD) ruled that out of the table. Probably it was a Viking merchant that purchased the ring from the Islamic empire.
(September 27, 2021 at 4:15 pm)Helios Wrote: The Islamic kingdoms and the Vikings traded often and the Vikings often sold themselves as mercenaries to whoever could pay. So this shouldn't be a surprise.
Where is the receipt for these deals? baseless post.
(September 27, 2021 at 6:59 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:(September 27, 2021 at 4:15 pm)Helios Wrote: The Islamic kingdoms and the Vikings traded often and the Vikings often sold themselves as mercenaries to whoever could pay. So this shouldn't be a surprise.
People forget just how extensive viking sea trade actually was.
Atlass seems to be one of those.
? Vikings are well known to reach America before Gog and Magog Spaniards ! so nobody is underestimating the size of their expeditions but the English and Gog & Magog enthusiasts.
