Reventlov - most interesting, illuminating and compelling arguments that make good sense to me. Thank you!
Entirely peripheral to this discussion, I especially enjoyed the small beast on the ring at the start of the name as it so reminds me of similar figures on Scottish annular brooches so many centuries later. I wonder what these were intended to represent.
Urban.. and Jim - I guess it makes sense that inscriptions and markings that could also carry additional meaning or attributes would have been preferred and the use and copying of these marks in time and place is most interesting. Thank you.
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