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Viking gravestone in Shetland Museum and Archives
Stone gravestone from Dunrossness in the Shetlands. Laid flat on top of the grave. Donated by University of Aberdeen. Photographed June 2016.
Victorian Memorial to Alfred the Great Naval Battle, Swanage Bay
Memorial plaque reads: "In Commemoration of a Great Naval Battle fought with the Danes in Swanage Bay by Alfred the Great D877". For more information see here
St Edmund Memorial Coinage in the Ashmolean Museum
Saint Edmund Memorial Coinage, produced in East Anglia 896-910 by the East-Anglian Vikings, and imitating coins produced during Edmund's reign. HCR7805 and HCR7803
Runic stone (FR 2 M) from Sandavágur Church in the Faroes
Thirteenth century runic stone from Sandavágur Church in the Faroes. The inscription reads 'Þorkell Ônundar sonr, austmaðr af Rogalandi, bygði þenna stað fyrst.' Þorkell Ônundr's son, man of the east from Rogaland, lived in this place first…
Runestone: Täby (U 133)
Runestone, today part of the wall of Täby church. The inscription informs us that Guðlaug raised the stone for Holmi, her son who died in Lombardy.
Runestone (DR 359) in the Swedish History Museum
Rune stone DR 359, with an inscription in runes from the older futhark. Originally from Istaby, Blekinge, and now housed in the Historiska museet.It has been dated to the period 520-570, and is one of the few runestones from this early period.…
Rune-stone U 489
Late Viking Age granite rune-stone, originally from Morby in Uppland, Sweden, now in Universitetsparken, Uppsala. Signed by the renowned rune-carver Øpir, it was commissioned by a woman, probably called Gullaug, in memory of her daughter Gillaug,…
Rune stones (U Fv1976;107)
Rune stone in Uppsala domkyrka, Uppland (U Fv1976;107).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
...-arn * uk * brantr litu * risa * stin * at * karluk * faþur * sin in * kitilbiarn at * broþur ybir risti…
Rune stones (U 766 and U 767)
Rune stones fromNorrby, Back-Norrby,Uppland (U 766 and 767).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscriptions read:
U 766+ kuþastr + [l](i)t + akua + steno + (t)uo + yf(t)(i) + est + sun sen + ayk + selfon sik +Guðfastr…
Rune stones (U 755)
Rune stone inKälsta,Uppland (U 755).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
+ lis(m)[a]--... auk + tuki + rastu × stain + (þ)i(n)a + aftir + akaut + bu(k)i + i + k[a](l)[staþ](u)mLiðsma[ðr](?)…
Rune stones (U 373)
Rune stone in Örby,Uppland (U 373).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
iarbi * [l]it * stain * ht[t]R * s(u)-- sina * tuaJarpi lét stein eptir so[nu] sína tvá.
Jarpi had the stone (raised) in…
Rune stones (U 1020)
Rune stone fromKyrsta,Uppland (U 1020).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
[ku](þ)fast[r] * li[t] * [raisa] * stin ... * fastulfr ** rui... ...[st]i * bru * as[uh]kGuðfastr lét reisa stein ... Fastulfr…
Rune stone U 104 in the Ashmolean Museum
U104 is one of the so-called 'Greklandsstenarna' which refer to Norse activities in the Byzantine Empire. This rune stone was donated to the Ashmolean Museum by Charles XI of Sweden in 1687 (along with the Ändersta Rune Stone (U 1160). It was…
Rune stone from Papil, on display in Shetland Museum and Archives
Viking-Age Rune stone from Papil, West Burra (Br Sh4) photographed in the Shetland Museum. According to Rundata, it reads
...r : ra(i)s(t)(i) : s... ...
... reisti s[tein] ...
'...Raised the stone...'
...r : ra(i)s(t)(i) : s... ...
... reisti s[tein] ...
'...Raised the stone...'
Rune stone (Vs 9)
Rune stone from Saltängsbron, Västmanland(Vs 9).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
× kisl × lit × kera × buru × eftR × osl × sun × sin × han…
Rune stone (Vs 29)
Rune stone from Sala landsförsamlings Kyrka, Västmanland(Vs 29).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
+ uisti + yk + alfton + litu + akua + stin + yftir + ulmo + faþur + sen + yk + ulfast + bruþur +…
Rune stone (Vs 24)
Rune stone from Hassmyra, Västmanland(Vs 24).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
buonti × kuþr × hulmkoetr × lit × resa × ufteR × oþintisu × kunu × seno…
Rune stone (Vs 22)
Rune stone from Ulvsta, Västmanland(Vs 22).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
... + ytR : runfast * bruþur + s=in : hn : toþr : i : faru + runo : ... (t)rka... eptir Rúnfast, bróður…
Rune stone (Vs 15) (B)
Rune stone from Lilla Kyringe, Västmanland(Vs 15).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
§A× higulfr × lit × kira × merki × þisa × at × knut × faþur san…
Rune stone (Vs 15)
Rune stone from Lilla Kyringe, Västmanland(Vs 15).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
§A × higulfr × lit × kira × merki × þisa × at × knut × faþur…