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.

[Samnordisk Runtextdatabas]

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

Files

DSC01544 (960x1280).jpg

Geolocation

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Item Relations

This Item dcterms:relation Item: Ändersta Rune Stone (U 1160) in the Ashmolean Museum (Left Side)
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