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Runic inscription

Or Barnes2

Period
Post-Viking Age m 1100-t
Location
Maeshowe

Inscription

?ᚮᛚᚠᚱ᛫ᚴᚮᛚᛒᛆᛁᚾᛋ᛫ᛋᚮᚾᚱ᛫ᚱᛆᛂᛋᛏ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᛆᚱ᛫ᚦᛂᛋᛆᚱ᛫ᚼᛆᚢᛏ

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

Old Norse

Eyjulfr Kolbeins sonr reist rúnar þessar hátt.

English

Eyjulfr Kolbeinn's son carved these runes high.

Object

Object type
gravkummel
Material category
sten

Location

District
Orkney

Sources

Rune types
norska
Other identifiers
Br Barnes2
Notes
Tidigare signum: Br Barnes2.

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