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Runic inscription

Sö 158

Period
Viking Age
Location
Österberga

Inscription

ᛒᛅᚴᛁ᛫ᚠᚢᛚᚴᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛁᛦ᛫ᚱᛅᛁᛋᚦᚢ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᚾ᛫ᚦᛅᚾᛋᛁ᛫ᛅᛏ᛫ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛋᛁᚾ᛫ᚴᛁᛏᛁᛚᚼᛅᚠᚦᛅ᛫ᚦᚱᚢᛏᛅᛦ᛫ᚦᛁᛅᚴᚾ᛫ᚢᛁᛏ

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Old Norse

Banki/Baggi, Folksteinn, þeir reistu stein þenna at fôður sinn Ketilhôfða, þróttar þegn <uit>.

English

Banki/Baggi (and) Folksteinn, they raised this stone in memory of their father Ketilhôfði, a Þegn of strength. ...

Object

Object type
runsten
Material category
sten

Location

Parish
Runtuna sn
District
Rönö hd
Municipality
Nyköping

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Tidigare tolkad som signerad av Traen.
Style group
Fp
Rune types
långkvist och samstavsrunor
Other identifiers
B 803; L 876
Reference
Fv 1981:196, http://fornvannen.se/pdf/1980talet/1981_186.pdf
Notes
Bild av skepp mitt i ristningen, bindrunorna utgör masten och namnet kitilhafþa står i seglet.

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