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- According to the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, the flat, square block of brownish sandstone features carved scribbles that may be the first example of words written in writing in Scandinavia.
- "This may be one of the first attempts to use runes in Norway and Scandinavia on stone," Kristel Zilmer, a professor at the University of Oslo, where the museum is located, told The Associated Press.
- Zilmer speculated that the runes were carved with the tip of a knife or a needle.
- "Without doubt, we will obtain valuable knowledge about the early history of runic writing," Zilmer added.
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