In a message dated 3/24/00 3:44:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, parlei at algonet.se writes: << Ras is just being a cultural chauvinist, AFAICT.>> Most likely. :-) << Bunches of them found in Viking age contexts, of nothing else. /UlfR >> True. Along with numerous middle eastern coins. I wonder if we sold the Vikings all our spoons........ Ras