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Runic inscription

Or Barnes14

Period
Post-Viking Age m 1100-t
Location
Maeshowe

Inscription

ᛁᚮᚱᛋᛆᛚᛆᛘᛁᚾ᛫ᛒᚢᚱᛏᚢ᛫ᚼᛆᚢᚴ᛫ᚦᛆ--

This is a normalized form and may not represent the exact runic forms in the inscription.

Old Norse

Jórsalamenn brutu haug þenna.

English

Jerusalem men (crusaders) broke this mound.

Object

Object type
gravkummel
Material category
sten

Location

District
Orkney

Sources

Rune types
norska
Other identifiers
Br Barnes14
Notes
Tidigare signum: Br Barnes14.

Data from the Scandinavian Runic-text Database:nordiska.uu.se/forskn/samnord.htm