Vikings sun dade da zama wayewa mai ban sha'awa, tare da da yawa asirai da tatsuniyoyi da ke tattare da tarihinsu. Tawagar masu binciken kayan tarihi sun tono guda biyu kayan aikin Viking daga filin kusa da Harald Bluetooth's Fort a Denmark.
An gano wannan dukiyar ne a wani fili kusa da katangar Bluetooth ta Harald, kuma ana kyautata zaton na sarkin Viking ne mai iko. Tsabar azurfa da kayan adon da aka samo suna ba da sabon haske game da mulki da burin addini na Harald Bluetooth.
Ma'aikatan binciken kayan tarihi na yankin ne suka gano kayan a karshen shekara yayin da suke binciken wata gona da ke arewa maso gabashin garin Hobro kuma kusa da Fyrkat, wani katangar zobe da Harald Bluetooth ya gina a wajen AD 980. Abubuwan sun kunshi sama da guda 300 na azurfa, ciki har da kusan 50. tsabar kudi da kayan adon da aka yanke.
Dangane da binciken da aka gano, an fara binne kayayyakin masu kima ne a wasu rumfuna guda biyu daban-daban da ke kusa da taku 100 (mita 30), mai yuwuwa a karkashin gine-gine biyu da ba su wanzu. Tun daga wannan lokacin, an tarwatsa wa] annan tarkace a ko'ina cikin duniya ta hanyar fasahar noma iri-iri.
A cewar Torben Trier Christiansen, masanin ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi wanda ke da hannu wajen ganowa da kuma mai kula da gidajen tarihi na Arewacin Jutland, ya bayyana cewa duk wanda ya binne dukiyar ya yi haka ne da nufin raba ta cikin rugujewa da yawa idan daya daga cikin dukiyar ta bata.
Ko da yake wasu kafafen yada labarai sun ruwaito cewa wanda ya gano yarinyar yarinya ce, amma na farko daga cikin dukiyar wata babbar mace ce da ke da injin gano karfe.
Yawancin abubuwan ana ɗaukar su "hack silver" ko "hackilber," wanda ke nufin wasu kayan adon azurfa waɗanda aka yi wa fashin baki aka sayar da su ta kowane nau'i. Biyu daga cikin sulalla, duk da haka, an yi su ne da azurfa, kuma masu binciken kayan tarihi sun gano cewa sun samo asali ne daga Larabci ko na Jamus, da kuma ita kanta Denmark.
Akwai "tsabar giciye" a tsakanin tsabar kudi na Danish, waɗanda aka yi a lokacin mulkin Harald Bluetooth a cikin 970s da 980s. Wannan ya faranta wa masanan binciken kayan tarihi da ke nazarin tsabar kuɗi rai. Bayan ya tuba daga arna na al'adun Norse zuwa Kiristanci, Harald ya sanya yada sabon bangaskiyar sa wani muhimmin bangare na dabarunsa na kawo zaman lafiya ga dangin Viking da ke zaune a Denmark.
"Sanya giciye akan tsabar kudin sa wani bangare ne na dabarunsa," in ji Trier. "Ya biya masu mulki na gida da waɗannan tsabar kudi, don kafa misali a lokacin tsaka-tsakin lokacin da mutane suka ƙaunaci tsoffin alloli kuma."
Dukansu hoards sun ƙunshi guntu na babban ɗakin ajiyar azurfa wanda babu shakka an ɗauka a cikin wani hari na Viking. Da an sawa wannan tsintsiya da wani sarki ko babba kuma yana da kuɗi mai yawa. Ya ce saboda irin wannan nau'i na tsummoki ba ya shahara a yankunan da Harald Bluetooth ke mulki, dole ne a tarwatsa na asali zuwa nau'i-nau'i na azurfa.
Trier ya lura cewa masu binciken archaeologists za su koma wurin daga baya a wannan shekara da fatan samun ƙarin sani game da gine-ginen da suka tsaya a can cikin zamanin Viking (793 zuwa 1066 AD).
Bluetooth ɗin Harald
Masu binciken kayan tarihi ba su da tabbacin dalilin da ya sa Harald ya sami lakabin "Bluetooth"; wasu ’yan tarihi sun ba da shawarar cewa wataƙila ya sami babban haƙori mara kyau, kamar yadda kalmar Norse na “haƙori shuɗi” ke fassara zuwa “haƙori mai shuɗi-baƙi.”
Abin da ya gada ya ci gaba da kasancewa ta hanyar tsarin sadarwar mara waya ta Bluetooth, wanda ke ƙoƙarin daidaita yadda na'urori daban-daban suke sadarwa da juna.
Harald ya haɗu da Denmark kuma na ɗan lokaci shi ma sarkin wani ɓangare na Norway; Ya yi mulki har zuwa shekara ta 985 ko 986 lokacin da ya mutu yana kare tawayen da dansa, Sweyn Forkbeard ya jagoranta, wanda ya gaje shi a matsayin sarkin Denmark. Ɗan Harald Sweyn Forkbeard ya ci gaba da zama sarkin Denmark bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa.
A cewar Jens Christian Moesgaard, masanin numismatist a jami'ar Stockholm wanda ba shi da hannu a cikin binciken, tsabar kudin Danish da alama sun kasance daga ƙarshen mulkin Harald Bluetooth; kwanakin tsabar kudin kasashen waje ba su saba wa wannan ba.
Wannan sabon hoard ninki biyu ya kawo mahimman sabbin shaidun da ke tabbatar da fassarorin mu na tsabar kudin Harald da ikon, a cewar Moesgaard. Wataƙila an raba kuɗin ne a sabon katangar sarki da aka gina a Fyrkat.
"Da alama Harald ya yi amfani da waɗannan tsabar kuɗi a matsayin kyauta ga mutanensa don tabbatar da amincinsu," in ji shi. Giciyen da ke kan tsabar tsabar kudi sun nuna cewa Kiristanci shine muhimmin sashi na shirin sarki. Moesgaard ya ce "Ta wurin hoton hoton Kirista, Harald ya yada saƙon sabon addini a lokaci guda."
Wannan binciken ya bayyana sabbin fahimta game da mulki da burin addini na ɗaya daga cikin manyan sarakunan Viking.
Abubuwan kayan tarihi, waɗanda suka haɗa da tsabar kuɗi na azurfa da kayan ado, za su taimaka wa masana tarihi su fahimci al'adun da kyau al'ummar Vikings. Yana da ban sha'awa a yi tunanin cewa har yanzu akwai sauran taska da yawa da ke jira a gano su, kuma muna sa ran binciken da ke gaba.
