Talk:Berezan' Runestone

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Did you know... that the Berezan' Runestone is the only runestone discovered in Eastern Europe?

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Problem with the references in the article?

I would like to point out, that the paper by Braun was published a century ago. It can be easily found in Swedish [1] and Russian [2] translation. The author brought up the unique status of the stone by pointing to the absence of other inscriptions in the East, thus forcing himself into discussion of the reasons for scarcity of the runestones in e.g. Russia. Despite the fact, that the chronological frames given in the paper have been somewhat broadened up over the century passed, one can see that the statistical argument is still sound - the probability to find runestones at the East should be low. However this does not explain why so few runic inscriptions (not just stones) have been discovered in Eastern Europe. The thesis on scarcity of stone material and the tradition of inscribing runes on wood sound more like a speculation. I think one need to emphasize that, and mention instead the modern (2001) studies on dating the inscription by e.g. Melnikova [3]. Macuser (talk) 14:22, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]