Med 42,43 Runestones of the Dump (Pardieiro) From Odemira

The Pardieiro (Dump) Necropolis is located on the western slope of the Virga mountain range between Odemira and Ourique. It had a good view of the setting sun. This is an 1873 Portuguese naval map showing the Mira River valley where it empties into the Atlantic. Photo from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rio_Mira_na_Carta_Nautica_de_1873.png

Runestone 1 of Pardieiro From Odemira, Portugal - 500 BCE

Estela do Pardieiro I, Odemira, Portugal; 103x56 cm. Now at Museum of Writing of the Southwest in Almodovar, Portugal. Photo by Angel M. Felicisimo at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/elgolem/51987037402/in/album-72157715068387073/

(Sept 4, 2023) This runestone is one of three found at a necropolis on the western slope of a mountain (see map below). This necropolis consisted of 11 central steles covering pit graves carved out of the  base rock and covered by large slabs. Some of these had decorations carved on them. Two other graves were found outside this central core.

After one of these runestones were found, the necropolis was archeologically excavated starting in 1971  under the coordination of Caetano de Mello Beirão and Virgílio Hipólito Correia.  It was dated to 500 BCE.  

Translation of Text in Akkadian (Med Text 42)

(read left to right. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Vowels are italic bold) 
  1. E  Gu  MaGi  U  Du.  A  Se'u  LeYu  Nu  A'u  ||  (2nd to last rune is a combines the letters N and A to save space. This combining of letters in a single rune is also seen in Scandinavian texts)
  2. Ṣu  Ga'u  Nu.  Ga'u  G[]  .....  
(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)

In English

  1. Nothing is energizing magic and life-manifestations.  That is inhibiting the administrator's (astrological deities)  revelations of motion-powers.  ||
  2. Activity (motion-powers) can burst forth the revelations (of life forms).  The bursting-forth ....
Stele of Pardieiro III, Odemira, Portugal; 77x40 cm. Museum of Southwest Writing, Almodôvar. Photo by Angel M. Felicisimo at:https://www.flickr.com/photos/elgolem/51988826719/in/album-72157715068387073/

Runestone 3 of Pardieiro

(Sept 2, 2023)

Translation of Text in Akkadian (Med Text 43)

(read left to right. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Vowels are italic bold) 
  1. A  ALu  AQu  U  Nu  Pa'u
  2. (upside down) [ ]'  Lu  Mu 
(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)

In English

  1. Those Alu-powers (life powers) can be expected and revealed by network-birds
  2. [  ] are lacking fertility-fluids