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Runic inscription

Or Barnes16

Period
Post-Viking Age m 1100-t
Location
Maeshowe

Inscription

§A᛫ᛏ᛫ᛆᚱᚾᚠᛁᚦᚱ᛫ᚱᛆᛁᛋᛏ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᛆᚱ᛫ᚦᛂᛋᛆᚱ᛫ᛋᚮᚾᚱ᛫ᛋᛏᛆᛁᚾᛋ

§B᛫ᚦᚢ-ᛋᛏ᛫--ᛏ

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

Old Norse

§A <t> Arnfinnr reist rúnar þessar, sonr Steins.

§B <þu-st> ...

English

§A Arnfinnr, Steinn's son, carved these runes.

Object

Object type
gravkummel
Material category
sten

Location

District
Orkney

Sources

Rune types
norska
Other identifiers
Br Barnes16
Notes
Tidigare signum: Br Barnes16.

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