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Description Spindle whorl found at Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire, with an inscription in Norse runes running around the outer wall and continuing around the face, reading : ᛫ᚮᚦᛂᚾ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᛂᛁᚾᛘᛏᛆᛚᚱ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚦᛆᛚᚠᛆ᛫ᚦᛂᛁᚱ᛫ // ᛫ᛁᛂᛚᛒᛆ᛫ᚦᛂᚱᚢᚮᛚᚠᛚᛏ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚴᛁᚱᛁᚢᛂᛋᚠ᛫ (.oþen.ok.einmtalr.ok.þalfa.þeir. // ielba.þeruolflt.ok.kiriuesf.), meaning "Óðinn and Heimdallr and Þjálfa, they help thee Úlfljótr and [?]". The inscription was made in the earlier 11th century. https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/409249
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Source Number 21: Saltfleetby Spindle whorl
Author Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England

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