Wandering trader

A fresh snowfall and recent meal means the geese are ready to bath and they head off into the deep snow to play.

Gute Sheep/gutefår. Värmland, Sweden (January 21, 2018).

From the Met Museum

Featuring a pink-violet colored stone with an inscription that reads “for Allah” or “to Allah,” the silver ring was found during the 1872-1895 excavations of grave fields at the Viking age trading center of Birka, some 15.5 miles west of Stockholm.

taste my steel

The glyphs tells the brief story of the battle of Fotwik 1134, in the style of carvings found around Scania. Featuring a classic Scanish wagon rider with dog, as well as two footprints

Iron Age Crafts And Trade, The Scottish Crannog Centre, Loch Tay, Scotland