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Runic inscription

Sh 3

Period
Viking Age 1000-t
Location
Cunningsburgh (III)

Inscription

§A᛫...ᚦᛁ----᛫-ᚠᛐᛁᚱ᛫ᚠᚭᚦᚢᚱ᛫ᛌᛁᚿ᛫ᚦᚢᚱᛓᛁᚭ-...

§B᛫ᚠ

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

Old Norse

§A ... eptir fôður sinn Þorbjôrn.

§B ...

English

§A ... in memory of his father Þorbjôrn.

§B ...

Object

Object type
fragment av gravhäll
Material category
sten
Material
sandsten

Location

District
Mainland, Shetland
Placement
Edinburgh, Museum of Scotland (NMS X.IB 103)

Sources

Rune types
kortkvist
Other identifiers
Br Sh3
Reference
Olsen 1954:158; Barnes & Page 2006
Notes
Tidigare signum: Br Sh3.

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