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Runic inscription

Sö 356

Period
Viking Age
Location
Eskilstuna

Inscription

§A᛫ᚴᚢ...᛫...᛫ᛅᚾᛏ᛫ᚼᛅᚾᛋ᛫...᛫ᚴᚢ...᛫...᛫...ᚢᚴ᛫ᚦᛅ...

§B᛫...᛫ᛋᚢᛘ᛫ᚴᛁᛅᚱᛅ᛫ᛚᛁᛏᚢ᛫ᛏᚬᚠᛁ᛫ᚱᛁᛋᛏᛁ᛫ᚱᚢᚾᛅᛦ᛫ᛅ᛫ᚾᛂᛋᛒᛁᚢᚱᚾ᛫ᚼᛁᚬᚴ᛫ᛋᛏᛅ...

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

Old Norse

§A Guð hjalpi ônd hans ok Guðs móðir, ok þeira

§B manna, sem gera létu. Tófi risti rúnar á, Nesbjôrn hjó steina.

English

§A May God and God's mother help his spirit and those

§B men who had (this) made. Tófi carved the runes upon (this). Nesbjôrn cut the stones.

Object

Object type
gravhäll, eskilstunakista
Material category
sten
Material
kalksten

Location

Parish
Eskilstuna
Municipality
Eskilstuna
Placement
SHM (14734)

Sources

Reading basis
The reading or interpretation was supplemented from a later source
Carver
Tove (S) och Näsbjörn (S)
Style group
Pr3
Reference
Fältex. A

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