<bron67.htm> [Bronze Age Text]
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The king now reveals the purpose of
his visit to Canada. Two hieroglyphic
symbols appear in this section. The
copper ingot symbol is universal in Bronze Age inscriptions, and originated
in Mesopotamia, where ingots were cast in the shape indicated by the
sign. Numerous examples of the sign
are also known from American inscriptions and Amerindian token money. The other hieroglyph, a comb, is
peculiarly Norse. A comb in Norse was
"kam," and kam also is the past tense of the verb
to come, komu. Therefore, an ideogram of a comb yields the
sound of the verb "came."
The text reads: For ingot-copper of excellent
quality (Old Norse maetr)came (Old Norse kam) the
king (Old Norse drottinnin) by way of trial (Old Norse reyna). This section of the text lies to
the left of the preceding section, which is about 18 ft southwest of the main
sun-god figure. In contemporary
language the king might have said that his voyage was a test run for market
research (Fell 1982). |
