This volume was created as part of the Göttingen Academic of Sciences research project "RuneS." It presents brief inscriptions from about 100 South German runic objects dating from the 3 ^rd to the 7 ^th centuries from the viewpoints of archeology, epigraphy, and linguistics. The work is an essential reference for researchers in runology, comparative historical linguistics, onomastics, and cultural and religious history.

Germanische Altertumskunde Online (Germanic Antiquity Studies Online) just like the Reallexikon that has merged with it is accompanied by supplementary volumes. This series comprises both monographs and edited volumes on specific topics from the fields of archaeology, history, and literary studies. It thus expands the database with the inclusion of aspects that require comprehensive analysis. More than 100 volumes have now appeared, from Germanenproblemen in heutiger Sicht (The Problems of Germanic Peoples from a Contemporary Perspective) to Germanische Altertumskunde im Wandel (Germanic Antiquity Studies in Flux).