Template:Did you know nominations/Narsaq stick

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 00:38, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

Narsaq stick

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... that the Narsaq stick was the first Viking Age runic artifact discovered in Greenland? Stoklund 1993:47 has this: "The previous runic finds from Greenland had been mediaeval, but the Narsaq 1 inscription provided evidence of an earlier use of runes in Greenland. ... Eric Moltke's runological, relative dating of the inscription on the first Narsaq stick to the landnáma period, c. 985 - 1025, which has been a main argument for an early dating of the site, has now been confirmed by the radiocarbon datings." Vebæk 1993:73 has this: "The objects found are many, and among them are quite a number which, judging by form and ornamentation, can be dated with certainty to late Viking/early medieval age. Among these objects I can emphasize the long wooden stick with a unique runic inscription"
- ALT1:... that the runic inscription on the Narsaq stick dates to the days of Erik the Red? Source: The same sources back this up but also note the title of Moltke 1961: "En grønlandsk runeindskrift fra Erik den rødes tid. Narssaq-pinden", i.e. "A Greenlandic runic inscription from the time of Erik the Red: The Narsaq stick."

Created/expanded by Haukurth (talk). Self-nominated at 00:50, 8 September 2019 (UTC).

@Haukurth: I'll review this one. epicgenius (talk) 01:05, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Thank you! A million years ago Lydia Sokolova, Greenlandic Norse and Saga of the Greenlanders appeared at DYK but I don't remember what the process was like back then. But whether QPQ is needed or not I'm happy to lend a hand – I've been reviewing Template:Did you know nominations/Marie Dacke. Haukur (talk) 07:20, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

@Haukurth: My bad. Even so, if you have less than 5 nominations, you don't need a QPQ just yet. You can continue reviewing other nominations, but these can apply to future DYK noms instead of this one. epicgenius (talk) 13:48, 11 September 2019 (UTC)