Dr Jasmin Higgs
@jaztherunologist.bsky.social
Runologist for hire!
☦️• interested in runic inscriptions, historical linguistics, and writing systems
Currently Hub Support Worker for local sexual violence support services.
☦️• interested in runic inscriptions, historical linguistics, and writing systems
Currently Hub Support Worker for local sexual violence support services.
Linguist friends… any help with script identification and possible interpretation? #mystery #mysteryscript #icon #orthodoxicon
September 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Linguist friends… any help with script identification and possible interpretation? #mystery #mysteryscript #icon #orthodoxicon
Very delighted to say that I graduated with my PhD in English on Monday.
July 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Very delighted to say that I graduated with my PhD in English on Monday.
The #runologists were out in force, with two panels dedicated to #runicinscriptions. All of the runologists are working on the runic inscriptions of early medieval England, and it was lovely to come together to discuss our specific area of runology! You can see us here with a sign that says RUNE!
July 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The #runologists were out in force, with two panels dedicated to #runicinscriptions. All of the runologists are working on the runic inscriptions of early medieval England, and it was lovely to come together to discuss our specific area of runology! You can see us here with a sign that says RUNE!
March 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Office vs WFH 👩🏼💻 🐈
February 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Office vs WFH 👩🏼💻 🐈
Short trip to Derby Museum @derbymuseums.bsky.social this weekend. Such a fantastic array of finds, from the prehistoric to the early medieval, all in one room!
January 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Short trip to Derby Museum @derbymuseums.bsky.social this weekend. Such a fantastic array of finds, from the prehistoric to the early medieval, all in one room!
I have a new job! I have a short term contract with Research Consulting Ltd, where I’ll be working on a report of research integrity activity and good practice at higher education institutions in the UK. Here’s my from home vs in office set up 😌 #research
January 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I have a new job! I have a short term contract with Research Consulting Ltd, where I’ll be working on a report of research integrity activity and good practice at higher education institutions in the UK. Here’s my from home vs in office set up 😌 #research
Then, there was this little spindle whorl, which I had the pleasure of viewing with Judith. Her report can be found here finds.org.uk/database/art...
January 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Then, there was this little spindle whorl, which I had the pleasure of viewing with Judith. Her report can be found here finds.org.uk/database/art...
In June, I found out about a new find via a metal detecting magazine’s FB page. I contacted the local FLO and went to go see it. This is such an exciting find, being a finger ring featuring a long runic inscription. It’s perhaps a mixed script inscription, with both runes and Roman letters.
January 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In June, I found out about a new find via a metal detecting magazine’s FB page. I contacted the local FLO and went to go see it. This is such an exciting find, being a finger ring featuring a long runic inscription. It’s perhaps a mixed script inscription, with both runes and Roman letters.
In March 2024, I saw a head-scratching little spindle whorl, which possibly has runes on it. Are they really runes 🧐? More work needs to be done to provide a possible transliteration. It is an interesting ‘text’ all the same because it is produced in such a way that the runes sort of ‘in relief’!
January 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In March 2024, I saw a head-scratching little spindle whorl, which possibly has runes on it. Are they really runes 🧐? More work needs to be done to provide a possible transliteration. It is an interesting ‘text’ all the same because it is produced in such a way that the runes sort of ‘in relief’!
In late 2022, I examined a lead piece from a recent excavation in Ipswich, Suffolk. It reads ‘de^adisdw[‘, where ^ indicates a bind rune and [ a break in the object, meaning the rest of the text is missing. It means ‘dead is the dw-‘; it is almost identical to a lead piece from Fakenham.
January 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In late 2022, I examined a lead piece from a recent excavation in Ipswich, Suffolk. It reads ‘de^adisdw[‘, where ^ indicates a bind rune and [ a break in the object, meaning the rest of the text is missing. It means ‘dead is the dw-‘; it is almost identical to a lead piece from Fakenham.
In August 2022 I got the chance to view this (likely modern) inscription in the Multangular Tower in York. It reads ‘sw’. In early 2025, you’ll be able to read my short article on the inscription in the journal Apardjón www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/researc...
January 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In August 2022 I got the chance to view this (likely modern) inscription in the Multangular Tower in York. It reads ‘sw’. In early 2025, you’ll be able to read my short article on the inscription in the journal Apardjón www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/researc...
To welcome 2025, I’m reflecting on the new runic inscriptions I’ve had the pleasure working on in 2024 (and before)! A thread 🧵 [photos for attention because I think they’re really cool] #runes #runology #newrunicinscriptions
January 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
To welcome 2025, I’m reflecting on the new runic inscriptions I’ve had the pleasure working on in 2024 (and before)! A thread 🧵 [photos for attention because I think they’re really cool] #runes #runology #newrunicinscriptions
Another inscription is the Watchfield Mount, early sixth century (purse?) mount (see image from Owen Crocker 2004:69). The text reads ‘hariboki:wusa’ which means ‘To Haribok: Wusa’. This is a complex donor’s formula, signifying a gift giving relationship between two named people. #runes
December 21, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Another inscription is the Watchfield Mount, early sixth century (purse?) mount (see image from Owen Crocker 2004:69). The text reads ‘hariboki:wusa’ which means ‘To Haribok: Wusa’. This is a complex donor’s formula, signifying a gift giving relationship between two named people. #runes
I had the pleasure of examining this with @judithjesch.bsky.social and it’s always a relief when we read the same thing 😆 check out this lovely spindle whorl with a puzzling #runic #inscription!
December 18, 2024 at 10:18 PM
I had the pleasure of examining this with @judithjesch.bsky.social and it’s always a relief when we read the same thing 😆 check out this lovely spindle whorl with a puzzling #runic #inscription!
December 18, 2024 at 8:59 PM
On show today are the Selsey fragments. Uncertain in dating. Maybe a #fingerring. Found on a beach!
The texts are difficult: they read ‘brn(.)r(.)n’ and ‘an(.)m(.)(u)’, where (.) is an indiscernible graph and a letter between () means uncertain reading. They’re incredibly small pieces 😍 #runes
The texts are difficult: they read ‘brn(.)r(.)n’ and ‘an(.)m(.)(u)’, where (.) is an indiscernible graph and a letter between () means uncertain reading. They’re incredibly small pieces 😍 #runes
December 18, 2024 at 8:53 PM
On show today are the Selsey fragments. Uncertain in dating. Maybe a #fingerring. Found on a beach!
The texts are difficult: they read ‘brn(.)r(.)n’ and ‘an(.)m(.)(u)’, where (.) is an indiscernible graph and a letter between () means uncertain reading. They’re incredibly small pieces 😍 #runes
The texts are difficult: they read ‘brn(.)r(.)n’ and ‘an(.)m(.)(u)’, where (.) is an indiscernible graph and a letter between () means uncertain reading. They’re incredibly small pieces 😍 #runes
The Cleatham hanging bowl, sixth century, found in Lincolnshire. It reads ‘edih’ or ‘hide’. If read right to left (‘hide’) the text is possibly an element of a personal name. Two marks to the left of the e-rune could suggesting the text was unfinished. The text is incredibly faint and small!
December 16, 2024 at 10:51 PM
The Cleatham hanging bowl, sixth century, found in Lincolnshire. It reads ‘edih’ or ‘hide’. If read right to left (‘hide’) the text is possibly an element of a personal name. Two marks to the left of the e-rune could suggesting the text was unfinished. The text is incredibly faint and small!
Here’s the Caistor-by-Norwich astragalus. #gamingpiece from Norfolk, 5th century. It reads ‘raïhan’, likely ‘of the roe-deer’, therefore denoting the object material. It’s made from a roe-deer astragalus, which is a bone from the ankle. Lovely! ☺️
December 13, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Here’s the Caistor-by-Norwich astragalus. #gamingpiece from Norfolk, 5th century. It reads ‘raïhan’, likely ‘of the roe-deer’, therefore denoting the object material. It’s made from a roe-deer astragalus, which is a bone from the ankle. Lovely! ☺️
Other favourites are the Spong Hill urns. Dated c450-550, found in Norfolk. Three urns are decorated with a stamp which features runes: reading ‘alu’, they are mirror-runes, meaning that the graphs are repeated right to left and left to right.
December 10, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Other favourites are the Spong Hill urns. Dated c450-550, found in Norfolk. Three urns are decorated with a stamp which features runes: reading ‘alu’, they are mirror-runes, meaning that the graphs are repeated right to left and left to right.