Bracteates

right|thumb|Bracteate Alu (runic)#DR BR42|DR BR42 bearing the inscription Alu and a figure on a horse

early medieval Germanic amulets

circa 500 CE artifact found in Sweden

thumb|right|Modern copy Seeland-II-C (Sjælland bracteate 2) is a Scandinavian bracteate from Zealand, Denmark, that has been dated to the Migration period (around 500 AD). The bracteate bears an Elder Futhark inscription which reads as: