Runestone Sö 121
March 17, 2022
The carvings of the stone pertain to the group of unornamented runestones known as RAK (c. 980?-1015) contemporary with the early Ringerike style.
The inscription was not signed.
The size of the stone is unknown.
Runic inscription
The rune text begins in the bottom left corner.
Runes
[ᛋᚢᛘᚢᛦ ᛬ ᚼᛅᚢᚴᛅ ᛬ ᛋᛏᛅᚾ ᛬ ᛋᚢᛘ ᛁᛦ ᛬ ᛏᚢᚦ ᛬ ᛅᚢᛋᛏᛦ ᛁ ᛬ ᛏᚢᚾᛅ ᛬ ᛅᛋ(ᚢ)]
Transliteration
[sumuʀ : hauka : stan : sum iʀ : tuþ : austʀ * i : tuna : as(u)]
Old Norse
〈sumuR〉 haggva stæin, sum eR dauð austr i 〈tuna〉 〈asu〉
English
… cut the stone, who died in the east in …
Notes
The stone is now lost. The reconstruction is based on the illustration of the stone in Sveriges Runinskrifter III.
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Bönestad, Södermanland, Sweden (now lost)
Sö 121