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Endvidere fandtes dels over dels under tiljerne en
mængde flis eller større stykker af ek samt:
2 par ligestore, ensdannede planker af ek (pl. XI
fig. 6), i den ene ende med udskaarne, næsten lige,
dyrehoveder, som ere beregnede paa at skulle sees fra
begge sider (fig. 2 og 3, 4 og 5); om deres bestem-
melse havde jeg længe tvil, indtil det blev mig klart,
at de have været anvendte ved hver ende af skibets
telt, en slutning, hvortil jeg lededes ved at betragte
de vindskier med hestehoveder, som efter Otte?)
træffes paa nedersaksiske bondehuse og hvis hoveder
1 nogle egne vende udad for at forebygge ulykke,
i andre derimod indad for at bringe lykke over hu-
set; det er klart nok, at hvert par af plankerne
maa have krydset hinanden, som fremstillet paa pl. XI
fig. 6, saa at følgelig de horisontale teltaaser med
sine endetapper gik igjennem hullerne øverst oppe;
det forekommer mig ogsaa rimeligst, at hver enkelt
planke har været vendt saaledes som paa nysnævnte
figur, dels fordi denne stilling af hovederne synes
naturligere end den modsatte, og dels især fordi
selve planken paa grund af, at dens vegt maatte
være størst i nederdelen, her af sig selv vilde synke
nedad, hvorfor den trængte til at stoppes; . dette
opnaaedes ved den halvrunde indskjæring, som føl-
gelig har hvilet paa en støttende nagel, hvorfra der
til end yderligere fæste formodentlig har gaaet et
baand over planken ind i det tæt ved udskjæringens
bund anbragte hul, hvis ikke dette heller har været
bestemt for en pind;
2 brede planker af ek (pl. VI fig. 1, 2) med noget
lignende dyrehoveder som de foregaaende, udentvil
sidestykker af en højsædesbænk; den ene planke
(fig. 1) sammensat af de fundne dele, men dog endnu
mangelfuld, den anden (fig. 2) derimod hel og med
et paa indsiden fæstet bræt (seet udvendigfra paa fig.
2 a, indvendigfra paa b og bagfra paa c), som har
baaret sædet; dertil maa føjes, at dyrehovedet paa
den ene planke er beregnet paa at skulle sees fra
begge sider (fig. I a og b), medens det tilsvarende
hoved paa den anden planke kun udvendig (fig. 2 a)
viser sig fuldstændig skaaret, saa det kunde ventes,
1) Archæol. Wörterbuch 1877, p. 181.
Nicolaysen. Langskibet
Further partly above, partly below the flooring, a
large quantity of chips and some large pieces of
oak were found and also:
four long oaken boards of similar size and formed
in the same manner (pl. XI. fig. 6), having at the one
end animal heads carved and nearly alike one ano-
ther, and
(pl. XI. fig. 2 and 3, 4 and 5), of whose purpose I was
intended to be viewed from both sides
for a long time in doubt, until at last it became
obvious to me that they had been placed at each
end of the tilt, a conclusion to which I was led by
observing the barge boards with horse heads which,
according to Otte’), are found in houses of peasants
in Lower Saxony, and whose heads in some districts
are turned outwards to prevent misfortune, while in
others they are directed inwards to bring good luck
to the house. It is sufficiently clear that each
of the boards must have crossed the other, as
represented (pl XI. fig. 6), and that the ridgepole of
the tilt with its ends was pivoted through the holes
highest up. To me it also seems most likely, that each
single plank has been turned in the manner shown
by the figure to which reference just has been had,
partly because this position of the heads seems more
natural than its opposite, and partly and more espe-
cially because, as the weight-strain of the plank itself
would be greatest at the nether point, it would, of
itself, go downwards and therefore needed a check
of- «the
that consequently had rested on a supporting nail
obtained by means semicircular incision
whence, for the sake of further security, a band
has probably been brought over the plank and
passed into the hole pierced close to the lowest part
of the incision, should this not rather have been
designed for a pin;
two broad oaken planks (pl. VI. fig. 1. 2) with
heads of animals somewhat like the foregoing, and
forming unquestionably the side-pieces of a high
seat; the one plank (fig. 1) put together from the
discovered fragments, but still not quite perfect;
the other (fig. 2) however entire, with a disc fastened
on the inside (shown from without fig. 2 å, from
within fig. 2 6 and from behind fig, 2 c), which
Add to this that the head
on the one plank is designed to
both sides (fig. 1 æ and 6) while
ding head on the other, only on
has borne the seat.
be seen from
the correspon-
the outer side
(fig. 2 a), appears perfectly carved, and thus it might be
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