A clay tablet was found in Hohenstein, Lower Saxony, in the 16th Century with a likely depiction of Ostara. Hohenstein was an important cult site since the early Iron Age, and the use of the Younger Futhark suggests an age of around the 8th Century. She is depicted with horns, a drinking horn or cornucopia, and what may be a bird. The location of the original is unknown, only sketches survive. The incomplete inscription reads;
“You go out, that’s Osta, loosen icy frosts…
You good Osta, from your face shines…”
“thu ga ut thatr os ta louse isin frosta
dhu gautar osta, ous il sin grosta”
ᚦᚢ × ᚴᛅ × ᚢᛏ × ᚦᛅᛏᚱ × ᚬᛋ ᛏ × ᛚᚬᚢᛋᛁ × ᛁᛋᛁᚾ × ᚠᚱᚬᛋᛏᛅ
ᛏᚼᚢ × ᚴᛅᚢᛏᛅᚱ × ᚬᛋᛏᛅ × ᚬᚢᛋ × ᛁᛚ × ᛋᛁᚾ × ᚴᚱᚬᛋᛏᛅ
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