sentences:  The inscription is the earliest found in England, and predates the evolution of the specifically Anglo-Frisian Futhorc.As the urn was found in a cemetery that indicated some Scandinavian influence, it has been suggested that the astragalus may be an import, perhaps brought from Denmark in the earliest phase of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.The inscription is an important testimony for the Eihwaz rune and the treatment of Proto-Germanic "*ai".