That's certainly a possibility. Most of the slab is clearly runes. About half were ones I was pretty confident on before consulting anything.But working through I noticed that some appeared to be backwards or inverted. But then I decided to check different eras for the runes and found a few matches I didn't expect. Even still, there's several that look like they "fit" in regards to style etc. but no one has any matches.Which does open up the possibility that more than one region's "alphabet" is in play at the same time.I should clarify a thought I kinda failed to expand on in my first post. I decided to attempt to translate as there's a few instances of repeat runes. The idea being that if they were intended to convey the more symbolic meanings (ice, elk, etc.) then I'd expect symbols not to repeat. Sort of like the runes are carved as blessing. The blessing of isaz or ice would only be transcribed once for instance.I have two alternative theories that could help this make sense:It could be a recorded history, in which the runes at the beginning are "older" than the last line. This would explain the changing style. It might not even be a history lesson, but as the slab is passed down, a new "blessing" or rune is added. In the latter case, a coherent message would be unlikely.Alternatively, it could be sort of like a picture story. Each rune represents the symbolic meaning and is intended to convey a story. So like the first line might have something to do with an ice elkFrom what I have, that would be:Yew Tree*, wealth/cattle, elk, ???, joy, need**???, Sun**, ???, ulcer/torch, Sun, Ice, Need, SunIce, wealth/cattle, year/good year (harvest), man, Tiwaz (a god generally better knows as "Tyr"), Ice*From quick research Yggdrasill might have been a yew tree. Seems interesting to say the least. However, this rune would need another line at the top (heading down and right) to be that rune for sure. It looks incomplete, but with the lower line the "waz" rune looked closest and it's hard to tell if that top line might have been started. Otherwise, "ice" might be reasonable as well.**This one also looks to be possibly incomplete or defaced, so "need" is the best guess I have***This rune could be a separate one or part of the first one on the second lineAssuming I have any of this right, it's interesting thematically. We could have a beginning of "tree," some references to nature, joy and need (driving forces/motivations). This is followed by what could be cyclic use of the word "sun" which as we all should know makes some sense. And it ends some repetition of ice, possible images of bounty (wealth/cattle and good year/harvest) followed by the rune for man, a god known for bravery and wisdom and ending with ice.EDIT: The "elk" rune later turned into the one for man (and changed letters). It is also associated with life.EDIT EDIT: The second rune top line might not be "fehu" or "wealth/cattle." It could also be "berkanan" which means "birch" or other tree associations. So potentially two tree references top line