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December 23, 2004

Guldgubber

Eleven "guldgubber" golden reliefs, and the possibility of many more, have been unearthed at an archaeological dig somewhere in eastern Norway.

The archaeologists call the small reliefs gullgubber (sic), which basically translates to "golden old men." That's because the first of their kind found in Scandinavia depicted men with beards, even though those found this fall depict a man and a woman.

They date from 600-700 AD, are only about 1.1 centimeters in size and are believed to have been used as a form of payment or offering at rituals. The last ones found in Norway were unearthed at Borg on Lofoten in the 1980s

These guldgubber cufflinks are nice too.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at December 23, 2004 11:27 AM

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