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gravskik, der ellers saa ofte træffes baade i den ældre
og yngre jernalder, navnlig ved sønderbrudte eller sam-
menbøjede vaaben, hvad enten nu denne skik stod i for-
bindelse med visse religiøse forestillinger, som et slags
ofring, eller den havde sit udspring fra den tanke, at
hvad der var brugt ved begravelsen eller nedlagt med
den døde, ej skulde kunne benyttes af andre. Paafaldende
var det især ved slæden at se, hvorledes den var revet i
mange stykker og disse spredte til to, temmelig langt
fra hinanden fjernede steder (jfr. s. 39, 45).
Efterat der saaledes er gjort rede for de løse gjen-
stande, som fandtes i eller udenfor skibet, gaar jeg over
til at beskrive fartøjet selv med dets tilbehør samt grav-
kammeret og baadene.
Skibet har ikke været ganske nyt dengang det
blev nedgravet, da der sees nogen, skjønt mindre bety-.
delig, slid, navnlig paa roret og aarerne. Ligesom Tune-
baaden er det af ek, uden maling, klinkbygget og sam-
mensat af kjøl, stavne, spanter, tverbaand (biter), knæer
Fælles
for begge farkoster viser det sig ogsaa, at spanterne ikke
og klædning af planker (jfr. pl. I. fig. 1, 4, 7).
ere fæstede til kjølen, men ligge løse ovenpaa denne
(pl Efe. 4, 6 11, (ph Th. fig. 102, 5, 7-10); ligeledeg,
at kun den nederste planke fæstes til kjølen ved jern.
nagler ‘pl. II. fig. I c, 4, 5, 7—11), og de øverste bord
til knæerne ved trænagler, medens alle de mellemliggende
planker blot ere bundne til spanterne gjennem huller,
som i visse afstande findes anbragte dels i en fals paa
spanterne og dels i klamper, som ere udsparede i plan-
kernes tre (pl. IV. fig. 4 a, b, c). Ligesom i baaden
fra Tune, saaledes hvile tverbaandenes (biternes) ender
ogsaa her paa spanternes top, hvor de fæstes til knæer-
nes overliggende nedre arm og dennes forlængelse, og
da begge de sidste ere noget smalere end tverbaandet,
fremkommer derved en fals, hvorpaa tiljernes ender hvile.
Ogsaa her som hist er der, til støtte for masten, midt-
skibs og langs efter kjølen lagt en svær ekebjelke med
indskjæring for spanterne, og over denne bjelke igjen en
svær ekeblok med indskjæring for biterne (pl. I. fig. 47,
pl. IL. fig. 5—11).
fra midten aftager i tykkelse mod begge ender og her
Denne blok har form af en fisk, som
løber ud i haler; den fæstes yderligere til biterne ved
knæer eller krumtræer og har i den bagerste halvdel en
lang aabning for at lette mastens nedlæggelse. Endelig
viser der sig ogsaa her som i Tunebaaden nogen forskjel
mellem bordenes tykkelse, idet den rode og 14de planke
nedenfra ere henholdsvis 4.37 og 3.12 cm. tykke, de to
øverste eller 15de og 16de planke kun 1.87 cm. og de øvrige
custom which in other instances meets us so often, in
both the elder and the later iron age, and that with
especial relation to broken and bended weapons, whether
this custom be connected with certain sacred rites as a
kind of sacrifice, or had its origin in the thought. that
what was employed in the burial or laid down with the
deaceased, should not be used by others. Signally remark-
able was it in respect of the sledge to behold, how it had
been rent in pieces, and its fragments scattered in two
places rather far distant from each other (cfr. p. 39, 45).
Having thus given an account of the several de-
tached objects found within or without the ship, I pass
to a description of the vessel itself with her appurte-
nances as well as of the sepulchral chamber and the
boats.
The Ship was not quite new at the time of its
interment; some though inconsiderable wear and _ tear
being traceable especially on the rudder and the oars.
Like the Tune-boat it is of oak, unpainted, clinker built
and composed of keel, stem and sternpost, frame tim-
bers, beams, knees and external planking (conf. pl. I.
fig. 1. 4. 7). A common feature of both these craft is,
that the frames are not fixed to the keel, but lie free
above it (conf: ph f fie. GT pl øre,
7—10); as likewise that iron spikes have been used to
fasten. the garboard to the keel (pl IL fig. 16 4. 5.
7—11), and trenails to fix the uppermost planks to
the knees, while all the intervening planking is tied to
the frames by means of apertures, placed at sct distan-
ces partly in ledges on the frame timbers, and partly in
cleats scored into the substance of the plank itself
(PL IV. fie.c4.’a: 0. 06) Asia the Tuneboat the ends
of the beams rest on the top of the frames, where they
are fitted on to the overlying lower limbs of the knees
and its continuation; and as both these are somewhat
narrower than the beam, a ledge is formed on which
the ends of the bottom-boards rest.
to support the mast, a great oaken balk is laid amidships
Here also, as there,
and along the keel slotted to admit the frame, and again
over this, a large oaken block, grooved to admit the
beams (pl. I. fig. 4. 7. pl. II. fig. 5—11). This block is
fishformed, being champed from its middle towards each
It is further fixed to
the beams by knees or crooked timber heads and has a
end, and being shaped like a tail.
long opening in its hindermost part to facilitate the
lowering of the mast. Lastly, and in this also like the
Tune-boat, in the planking a difference in the thickness
of boards occurs; for the 104 and 14 plank, reckoned
from. the keel, are respectively 4°37 -cm. and 3.12 cm,
thick, while the uppermost two: viz. the 15" and 164,
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