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68.
afgjøres paa grund af sagernes lange henliggen i jorden.
Dog tør det i sig selv være sandsynligt nok, at man
som bindemiddel ogsaa her (jfr. s. 25) har benyttet tran.
Med hensyn endelig til stilen i forsiringerne med deres
- fletverk, baandslyngninger, knuder og sløifer, som tildels
træffes ogsaa paa metalsagerne (jfr. s 48 y—, 49 cc,
ee—gg), da kunne vi her vistnok faa nye støtter for
den forlængst udtalte mening, at der paa dette felt
sted
Denne havde som bekjendt i
har fundet en stærk indvirkning fra den irske
kunstmaade. miniatur-
tegningen og den dermed forbundne ornamentik i sin
tid naaet en større udvikling end noget andet sted i
Europa. Det var derfor intet under, at der fra Irland
udgik en stor paavirkning til-andre lande, om end, lige-
som ellers, ad mange, for eftertiden skjulte veje. Dog
gjelder det sidste mindre for Norge, som fra vikinge-
togenes begyndelse eller fra slutningen af det 8de hun-
dredaar kom i nøje forbindelse med landene mod vest.
Som afslutning paa denne redegjørelse for udgrav-
ningen og dens udbytte kan endnu tilføjes nogle be-
merkninger om, hvorledes og naar begravelsen antagelig
foregik, og om den begravne person.
Tage vi saaledes hensyn til de ovenberørte stedlige
og andre omstændigheder og til den gamle skik, tør det
ligge nærmest at tænke sig den hele begravelse foregaaet
paa følgende maade. Efterat manden var død, blev
stedet for den vordende haug valgt, hvorved man særlig
havde for øje, at haugen kom i nærheden af søen, frem-
bød fri udsigt til denne og viste sig tydelig for alle, som
færdedes der forbi.
at søen tilforn gik meget længer op end nu, ligeledes
Det kan saaledes antages (jfr. s. 1),
at sletten da, som nu, var skovbar, og at der mellem
Sandefjorden og Lahellebugten allerede dengang var et
slags vej, men kun for fodgjængere, ryttere og dem, som
kjørte i slæde, da man i den tid ikke kjendte vogne eller
_hjulredskaber. Efterat madjorden paa den valgte plads var
borttagen i saadan udstrækning, som krævedes, blev ski-
bet af den dødes heste trukket op fra Midtfjorden eller
det derværende nøst, nedgravet i blaaleren, med forstav-
nen mod søen, og afstøttet, som vi have seet (s. 5), med
stokke til begge sider. Derefter opførtes gravkammeret
I referred these points, indicates that they are rendered
inascertainable by the lengthened period during which
our relics have been buried in the earth.
well be deemed in itself probable, that here also (conf.
And lastly
touching the style of the ornaments with their mat-work,
Vet it may
pag. 25) that substance has been fish-oil.
frets, interlaced ribbons, knots and bows, be it observed,
that these are in design partly identical with such as
occur in the relics in metal (conf. p. 48 y—9, 49 cc,
cog)
the opinion long time ago advanced, that in this field a
We may here no doubt get fresh support for
strong influence specially from Irish art is manifest. For
during its flourishing period that land is known to have
in miniature-painting and its style of ornament attained
a higher state of development than any other portion
No
should radiate a mighty influence to
therefore that thence there
other
of Europe. wonder
regions,
though as in instances elsewhere the means and modes
This last
has however less bearing in Norway, which from the
thereof be hidden from posterity. remark
commencement of the viking expeditions, at the close of
the 8th century, was brought into intimate relations
with the western countries.
And now, to conclude this account of the excava-
tion and its issue, a few remarks may be added as to
how and when the actual interment presumably took
place, as well as concerning the buried personage
himself.
Due regard had to local and other incidents and to
old custom, it would seem most probable to assume the
sepulture to have taken place in the following manner.
Immediately after the death of the person concerned,
a spot for the future tumulus was selected, with special
of which there
should be a free view, and so that all passers by might
reference to its proximity to the sea,
see it distinctly. In the present instance, therefore,
the assumption is safe that, at that period, the sea
flowed much further inland than at the present day
(conf. pag. 1); that the ground was as now woodless,
and that between Sandetjord and the Bay of Lahelle a
way of some kind existed, but that, a road exclusively
for foot passengers, horsemen or drivers in sledges, since
waggons, or indeed any kind of wheeled vehicles, were
unknown. After removal of the mould from the place
chosen to the requisite extent for the purpose, the ship
was drawn, from the Midtfjord or from its specific shed,
by the
lowered, with its
to that spot, horses of the deceased, and
there stem set seaward, into an
excavation in the blue clay, and stayed on each side,
as we have seen (pag. 5), by struts or shores. The
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