Ancient Custom, Boiohaemum

Product description

Carved runestone with an inscription in the old futhark Forn Sidr, translated from Old Norse 'ancient custom'. The second part of the inscription is Boiohaemum, which is the old name of our country (the Czech Republic). It later became the more famous name Bohemia. In the middle of the stone is a sacred tree, or the Tree of Life, the Tree of the World. The carved lines are painted reddish-brown. The stone has a flattened area at the bottom.