Photo I took of the Alemanni spearhead and blade with pseudo-runes engravings, found respectively in
Photo I took of the Alemanni spearhead and blade with pseudo-runes engravings, found respectively in Tübingen and Tuttlingen districts. Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany. Both weapons are exceptionally decorated on both sides with pseudo-runes and zoomorphic motifs. Starting in the first half of the 6th century, the Alemanni adopted an indipendent culture of writing imported from Scandinavia, which died out in the early 7th century after about two generations. In contrast to Scandinavia, where several thousands inscriptions have been found and where runes remained in use until the 18th century in some cases, the Alemanni did not carve texts and words into stone, but engraved them on object such as jewellery, belts and weapons. It’s interesting to note that about two-third of all runic engravings found in central Europe have been found on women’s clothing, accessories, jewellery and everyday objects. Women apparently not only preferred wearing objects decorated with runes, they were also rune-literate engravers themselves. -- source link