English: The image shows the inscription on side C of the Narsaq stick, a Viking Age runic artifact from Greenland. It is unknown what these markings signify. Scholars have suggested that this may be a cryptogram (cipher runes) or tally marks.
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Source
Page 68 in MacLeod, Mindy; Mees, Bernard (2006). Runic Amulets and Magic Objects. Boydell Press. ISBN1843832054.
Author
The author of the inscription is an unknown person in Greenland ca. 1000. The author of the schematic illustration is Bernard Mees (as made clear on the acknowledgements page of the book).
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The inscription on side C of the Narsaq stick as presented by Bernard Mees