Jonas Lau Markussen

Runestone Ög 30

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. 2,5 m tall and 0,66 m wide across the centre of the cross and 0,70 at the base.

 

 

Runic inscription

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

 

Runes

᛬ ᛋᛁᚴᛋᛏᛂᚾ ᛬ ᛚᛂᛏ ᛬ ᚱᛅᛋᛏᛁ ᛬ ᛋᛏᛅᛁᚾ ᛬ ᚦᛂ(ᚾ)[ᛅ ᛬] ᛂᚠᛏᛁᛦ ᛬ ᛁᚴᚢᛅᚱ ᛬ ᛋᚢᚾ ᛬ ᛋᛁᚾ ᛬ ᚼᛅᚾ ᛬ ᚢᛅᚱᚦ ᛬ ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ ᛬ ᛏᛅᚢᚦᚱ ᛬

 

Transliteration

: siksten : let : rasti : stain : þe(n)… : eftiʀ : ikuar : sun : sin : han : uarþ : austr : tauþr :

 

Old Norse

Sigstæinn let ræisa stæin þenn[a] æftiR Ingvar, sun sinn. Hann varð austr dauðr.

 

English

Sigsteinn had this stone raised in memory of Ingvarr, his son. He died in the east.

 

 

———

Skjorstad, Östergötland, Sweden

Ög 30

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