Rune stone U 104 in the Ashmolean Museum
Title
Rune stone U 104 in the Ashmolean Museum
Subject
Rune stone
Description
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 originally located outside a church in Ed, Sweden.
In normalised form it reads: Þorstæinn let gæra mærki æftiʀ Svæin, faður sinn, ok æftiʀ Þori, broður sinn, þæiʀ vaʀu ut til G[r]ikkia, ok æftiʀ Ingiþoru, moður sina. Øpiʀ risti.
Þorsteinn had the landmark made in memory of Sveinn, his father, and in memory of Þórir, his brother. They were abroad in Greece. And in memory of Ingiþóra, his mother. Œpir carved.
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In normalised form it reads: Þorstæinn let gæra mærki æftiʀ Svæin, faður sinn, ok æftiʀ Þori, broður sinn, þæiʀ vaʀu ut til G[r]ikkia, ok æftiʀ Ingiþoru, moður sina. Øpiʀ risti.
Þorsteinn had the landmark made in memory of Sveinn, his father, and in memory of Þórir, his brother. They were abroad in Greece. And in memory of Ingiþóra, his mother. Œpir carved.
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Source
The Ashmolean Museum
Date
2016
Contributor
Admin
Rights
(c) Ashmolean Museum - University of Oxford
Format
jpg
Language
Old Norse
Type
Still Image
Identifier
U 104
AN 1990.2
Coverage
Sweden
Viking Age
Geolocation
Social Bookmarking
Item Relations
This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Ändersta Rune Stone (U 1160) in the Ashmolean Museum (Left Side) |
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