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Runestone Sö 298

Runestone Sö 298. Illustration: Jonas Lau Markussen (CC BY).

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Sö 298

Uringe malm, Södermanland, Sweden.

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The carvings of the stone are in the runestone style Pr 3 (c. 1045-1075) pertaining to the early Urnes style.

The inscription is not signed.

The granite stone is c. 2,30 m tall, 1,80 m wide and 0,3 m thick. The rune ribbon is 15 cm wide.

Runic inscription

The rune text begins at the head end of the animal.

Runes

+ ᚼᛅᚢᚱ + ᚾᚢᚴ + ᚴᛅᚱᛚ + ᛅᚢᚴ + ᛋᛁᚼᛁᛅ[ᛚᛘ]ᚱ + ᛅᚢᚴ + ᚢᛁᚼᛁᛅᛚᛘᚱ + ᛅᚢᚴ + ᚴᛅᚱᛂ + (ᛚ)[ᛂᛏᚢ ᚱ]ᛅᛋᛅ + ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ + ᚦᛁᚾᛅ + ᛅᚠᛏᛦ + ᚢᛁᚼᛘᛅᚱ + ᚠᛅᚦᚱ + ᛋᛁᚾ +

Transliteration

+ haur + nuk + karl + auk + sihia–r + auk + uihialmr + auk + kare + (l)— -aisa + stain + þina + aftʀ + uihmar + faþr + sin +

Old Norse

Haurr ok Karl ok Sighia[lm]R ok VihialmR/VighialmR ok Kari l[etu r]æisa stæin þenna æftiR Vigmar, faður sinn.

English

Haurr and Karl and Sighjalmr and Véhjalmr/Víghjalmr and Kári had this stone raised in memory of Vígmarr, their father.