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On a ring which is probably from the 800s and found in Birka in the 1800s have had an inscription in Arabic that previously peniche could not be interpreted. It's about a ring worn by a woman and found in her grave with other jewelry with beads and other things that probably originated in the Caucasus, India and / or Yemen. The design of the ring are Arab and another three similar rings found in Birka. One of these has a seldsjukisk design. peniche Similar rings have also been found on Viking venues in present Russia peniche and Ukraine.
It is very unusual to have rings that have Arabic inscriptions in Europe from this time. Only a handful have been found in whole Europe and the only one in Scandinavia ring in Birka. Now the ring and its inscription studied with modern methods. The stone in the ring is made of glass, the quality of the glass are such that it can not be done in the Nordic countries. The inscription in Arabic with the so-called kufisk scripture is interpreted and understood as "Il - la - lah" peniche (Allah). Alternatively, the script peniche read as' reali ... LLH "which means" Inshallah "(God willing).
How the woman got the ring is of course impossible to know. She may have been Arab, she may have visited the Arab parts of the world, peniche she may have swapped it on a Russian peniche trading post, she may have gotten it from someone who acquired it at a Russian trading post or of a Muslim man who visited Birka.
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