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Runestone Vg 184

Runestone Vg 184. Illustration: Jonas Lau Markussen (CC BY).

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Vg 184

Smula, Västergötland, Sweden (now Dagsnäs, Bjärka)

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The carvings of the stone are in the runestone style B-e-v (c. 1010-1050) pertaining to the Ringerike style and contemporary with Pr 1 and Pr 2.

The inscription is not signed.

The granite stone is c. 1,48 m tall and 0,83 m wide.

Runic inscription

The rune text begins at the tail end of the serpent.

Runes

᛬ ᚴᚢᛚᛁ ᛬ ᚱᛋᚦᛁ ᛬ ᛋᛏᛁᚾ ᛬ ᚦᛂᛋᛁ ᛬ ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ ᛬ ᚱᚦᚱ ᛬ ᚴᚢᚾᚢ ᛬ ᛋᛁᚾᛅᛦ ᛬ ᛂᛋᛒᚢᚱᚾ ᛬ ᚭᚴ ᛬ ᛁᚢᛚᛅ ᛬ ᛏᚱᛂᚴᛅ ᛬ ᚼᚱᚦᛅ ᛬ ᚴᚢᚦᛅ ᛬ ᛁᛅᚾ ᛬ ᚦᛁᛦ ᛬ ᚢᚱᚦᚢ ᛬ ᛏᚢᚦᛁᛦ ᛬ ᛁ ᛬ ᛚᚦᛁ ᛬ ᚢᛋᛏᚱ ᛬

Transliteration

: kuli : rsþi : stin : þesi : eftiʀ : rþr : kunu : sinaʀ : esburn : ok : iula : treka : hrþa : kuþa : ian : þiʀ : urþu : tuþiʀ : i : lþi : ustr :

Old Norse

Gulli/Kolli ræisti stæin þennsi æftiR brøðr konu sinnaR, Æsbiorn ok Iula, drængia harða goða. En þæiR urðu dauðiR i liði austr.

English

Gulli/Kolli raised this stone in memory of his wife’s brothers Ásbjǫrn and Juli, very good valiant men. And they died in the east in the retinue.